County: Fermanagh Site name: GORTINEDDAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 271:10 Licence number: AE/01/75
Author: John Channing
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 628545m, N 821108m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.138199, -7.563171
Topsoil-stripping before quarry activity at Gortineddan townland, Co. Fermanagh, was monitored. The proximity of a probable enclosure/ cashel, coupled with the position of the development area in the greater landscape, raised the probability of encountering archaeological finds/features.
The topsoil was stripped initially by a loading shovel and, after a mechanical breakdown, by tracked excavator. Topsoil averaged 0.3m thick and lay over mixed gravel/clay subsoil. The monitored topsoil-stripping did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological significance.
17 Rowan House, Sussex Road, Dublin 4
