County: Donegal Site name: LISNENAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 53:17 Licence number: 01E0287
Author: Declan Moore, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 618429m, N 913756m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.971103, -7.712175
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping was carried out at Lisnenan, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, on 13 November 2001 on the proposed location of five private residences, associated driveway and services. The site is on a steep west-facing slope in pasture with occasional rock outcrops. Letterkenny is visible to the west. At the base of the slope is a holy well. The area stripped measured c. 110m north–south by 40m.
The underlying geology consists of a compact mid-brown gravelly silt with inclusions of frequent small to medium-sized rounded and angular stones. This stratum consistently overlay a mid-olive to yellowish brown sandy silt boulder clay and schist bedrock exposed at the base of excavations.
Nothing of archaeological significance was noted during the course of monitoring.
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