County: Mayo Site name: DRUM
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1683
Author: Richard Crumlish, 61 An Cladrach, Castlebar Road, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 539839m, N 783410m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.796767, -8.913160
Monitoring of groundworks for the construction of a house, garage and septic tank in Drum townland, Knock, Co. Mayo, was carried out on 15 November 2002. The development is within the constraint zone of an enclosure, SMR 92:24, 16m from the east gable of the proposed dwelling.
The stratigraphy encountered was topsoil, 0.25–0.35m thick, above orange/grey/brown, friable silt loam (natural subsoil). Nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered.
