County: Donegal Site name: TANK BREA, Ramelton
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0343
Author: Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 622495m, N 920986m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.035900, -7.648090
The test excavations were positioned in order to assess the location and complexity of the remains of any archaeological deposits on the site of the proposed development. The site, which overlooks the Leanann River, slopes steeply downwards from south to north, and, although it was much overgrown along the margins, it was possible to excavate the two long trenches without difficulty. The third trench, however, was excavated running across the line of the slope from north-east upwards to south-west. The line of this trench was dictated by the fact that the general slope of the site was too great for the mechanical digger to track directly up the incline.
The results from all three trenches were similar, with topsoil directly covering a yellow/brown, compacted, sandy clay. The results suggested that nothing of archaeological significance survives on the site. In fact, the general steepness of the area may have mitigated against any occupation of this general area of Ramelton in the past.
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