County: Sligo Site name: SLIGO: Connolly Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 14:65 Licence number: 01E0298
Author: Sebastien Joubert
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 569207m, N 835527m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.267633, -8.472689
Planning permission was sought to construct a two-storey workshop/studio with associated works in the backyard of Liam McGettigan’s pub and B&B, Connolly Street, Sligo. An assessment based on pre-development testing and a desk study was required. Connelly Street is at the southern edge of Sligo town, in the townland of Caltragh.
There was a possibility that the town wall of 1689, as identified by the Urban Archaeological Survey of Sligo, ran across the site.
Three test-trenches were mechanically opened. No archaeological deposits were uncovered. All deposits uncovered were of modern date, post-dating the 18th century. No remains of the town wall were found. It was recommended that further monitoring take place during the excavation of the foundations.
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