County: Leitrim Site name: TULLAGHAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 1:13 Licence number: 01E0995
Author: Billy Quinn, ASU Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 578536m, N 857807m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.468300, -8.331100
Pre-development monitoring of the site of a proposed dwelling-house with septic tank was carried out on 10 October. The proposed development is in an area with a high density of archaeological monuments, directly north of a de-listed standing stone, formerly SMR 1:13.
The site is in a wedge-shaped field near the old Wardhouse School and enjoys excellent views to the north overlooking the Atlantic coastline.
All the areas to be affected were monitored. The stratigraphy exposed during the groundworks consisted of a thin sod on a compact silt. Nine modern pottery sherds along with two red brick fragments and a light brown flint scraper were retrieved from this layer. The scraper, an unassociated stray find, was retrieved from directly under the topsoil to the north-east of the proposed house and measured 23.5mm in width by 36mm in length. Below the sod was a red brown silt with a moderate amount of stone. This measured on average 0.3m in depth and contained seven fragments of modern pottery and three clay pipe bowls. Natural bedrock was exposed at an average depth of 0.4m.
Purcell House, Oranmore, Co. Galway
