County: Donegal Site name: FANAGHANS
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 98:4 Licence number: 01E0120
Author: Declan Moore, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 580824m, N 877541m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.645698, -8.297095
Testing was carried out in the townland of Fanaghans, Inver, Co. Donegal, on 17 February 2001. The proposed development entails the construction of three detached dwelling-houses and associated services and access road. The site is on a south-west-facing hillside to the west of Inver village, overlooking Inver Bay. A ‘modernised’ holy well is located at the foot of the hill.
Excavation of eighteen test-trenches was carried out at the location of the proposed houses, access road and percolation areas. Topsoil and sod overlay a compact yellow brown sand and bedrock.
Nothing of archaeological significance was noted during the course of monitoring.
200 Dún na Coiribe, Galway
