County: Cavan Site name: GARTNANEANE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0406
Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 669854m, N 800046m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.945022, -6.935947
Extensive pre-development testing was carried out before the construction of a proposed wind farm at Gartnaneane, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan. The development consisted of ten wind turbines, an ESB substation and a number of new access roads. A total of 31 trenches were excavated by machine to the level of undisturbed natural subsoil. Potential archaeological material was uncovered in one trench, excavated to a depth of 0.2–0.6m. The remains of a possible ploughed-out fulacht fiadh were revealed at this level. The proposed access road, which impinged on the possible fulacht fiadh, was moved to an adjacent field.
Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
