County: Roscommon Site name: ELPHIN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: RMP 16:127 Licence number: 00E0579
Author: Anne Carey, Archaeological Services Unit Ltd.
Site type: Church
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 586982m, N 789218m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.852270, -8.197849
Pre-development testing of three trial-trenches along the route of a proposed sewer pipeline was carried out adjacent to the cathedral church of St Mary, Elphin, Co. Roscommon. Two trenches did not contain any archaeological material. Excavation of the third trench, located adjacent to the north wall of the cathedral, revealed the remains of a foundation that appears to share the same orientation as the extant church. It is possible that the foundation relates to an earlier porch indicated on the first edition OS 6-inch sheet.
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