County: Sligo Site name: GARAVOGUE VILLAS, Sligo
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1377
Author: Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 570057m, N 835805m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.270179, -8.459668
Two trenches excavated beneath the footprint of the proposed buildings revealed nothing of archaeological significance. A mixture of topsoil and modern building rubble lay directly on the natural glacial till, suggesting that the area had previously been stripped, presumably before the construction in the 1950s and 1960s of the nearby housing estates. The third trench, along the line of the proposed services, proved that this area had not been significantly disturbed in the past; however, the steepness of the slope may have militated against its significant use in the past. The basal break in slope coincided with a change in the natural subsoil, from a hard, compact till to a relatively soft, gravelly silt. This combination of break in slope and change in subsoil can be seen as evidence of an older shoreline of the Garavogue River.
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