County: Sligo Site name: TAWNAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 34:85 Licence number: 02E0821
Author: Martin A. Timoney
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 572933m, N 817620m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.106938, -8.413893
The site of this single house at Tawnagh, Riverstown, was midway down a field that slopes down from a medieval church in a graveyard, which is still in use, to a stream. The entire area of the house, 35m by 50m, was stripped in two layers, as was the area of the driveway.
The soil sequence was entirely consistent and showed no sign of prior disturbance. A few pieces of modern china, slate, red brick, glass and a rusted metal pin from an old plough were retrieved. The area was stripped to within 3m of a presumed field bank running along the north side of the site; there were no indications of an accompanying ditch. No archaeological deposits or finds were revealed.
Bóthar an Chorainn, Keash, Co. Sligo
