County: Leitrim Site name: TULLAGHAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0486
Author: Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 578566m, N 857850m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.468687, -8.330640
Monitoring of the topsoil removal was carried out over an area measuring roughly 110m by 80m. An additional area, 50m by 30m, adjoining the south-west corner of the site was also monitored. Very thin, less than 0.2m-deep, sod and topsoil were removed directly onto a dark yellow-brown, sandy subsoil. Apart from the slight remains of cultivation ridges, nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered. The sandy subsoil was removed over much of the site to reveal either solid or weathered bedrock. A number of modern finds were recovered, including farm implements, glass, brick and roof slate. Nothing was recovered to suggest the presence of archaeologically significant deposits.
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