2002:0699 - GORTINEDDAN, Fermanagh

NMI Burial Excavation Records

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.

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