County: Donegal Site name: BUNCRANA
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1822
Author: Billy Quinn, Moore Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 634709m, N 931174m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.126725, -7.455798
Excavation and subsequent testing in the vicinity of an exposed timber on Buncrana strand, Co. Donegal, took place from 16 to 18 December 2002. The work was commissioned in order to remove a timber protruding from the sand near Black Rock that had been identified by Management for Archaeology Underwater Ltd during a walkover assessment in February of 1999. The initial assessment was undertaken in respect of a proposed development to reclaim the existing foreshore to enable the development of a marina.
A trench measuring 12m by 2m was opened by hand to establish the extent of the timber. No other associated finds were identified during the excavation. The investigation revealed a single worked timber with five bored holes, one of which contained a dowel. It is not known from where the timber originated or what its function was. A further three trenches were inserted in the area surrounding the timber, but no other associated finds were identified
Unit 6, Riveroaks, Claregalway, Co. Galway
