County: Mayo Site name: CARROWMORE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0593
Author: Suzanne Zajac
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 538625m, N 783251m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.795197, -8.931549
Field-walking for the Knock–Claremorris Bypass revealed three low limestone boulders aligned on a small, grassy mound and referred to locally as the ‘Chieftains’ Burial Ground.’
A short test excavation was carried out on the feature to determine its archaeological implication. The hand-testing established that the mound and associated limestone boulders had been created by land clearance. The only feature of archaeological significance was a cortical flake of waste chert, considered to be a stray find.
1 Chapel Lane, Killala, Co. Mayo
