County: Donegal Site name: THE DIAMOND, Killybegs
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 97:12 Licence number: 01E1088
Author: Billy Quinn, ASU Ltd.
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 571309m, N 876523m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.636103, -8.444394
Pre-development testing of a site at the Diamond, Killybegs, was undertaken on 7 December 2001. The work involved the demolition of an existing building and the construction of a three-storey development within the ‘zone of archaeological potential’ for Killybegs town.
Two 8m-long trial-trenches, orientated north-west/south-east and running parallel to each other, were excavated through the development area. Testing exposed a bed of natural bedrock below the old concrete foundation, with no archaeological features or finds in evidence.
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