County: Leitrim Site name: CARRICK-ON-SHANNON: Townparks
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 31:5 Licence number: 02E0039
Author: Billy Quinn, Moore Ltd.
Site type: Structure
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 594058m, N 799348m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.943433, -8.090498
Testing was undertaken at a site to the rear of Coffey’s pastry shop on the corner of Bridge Street and the Dublin road, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. The development involved the construction, within the zone of archaeological potential of the medieval town, of a number of retail units and apartments. Testing comprised the excavation of a single trench along the length of the proposed site, 40m long. Excavation exposed two foundations: an early wall toward the east of the site and a later, concrete foundation to the west of the trench. The early wall was 0.8m wide and was exposed at 1.1m below the present surface level. A single sherd of medieval pottery was retrieved from a context in the vicinity of the wall.
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