2003:0054 - BELTURBET: ‘The Lawn', Cavan

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Cavan Site name: BELTURBET: ‘The Lawn'

Sites and Monuments Record No.: CV011-013---- Licence number: 03E1081

Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services Ltd.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 636281m, N 817114m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.101832, -7.445266

The proposed development, the construction of an apartment block, is located on the shores of the River Erne within the zone of archaeological potential for Belturbet, Co. Cavan. Testing was carried out on 12 August 2003. Three trenches, measuring 50m, 45m and 35m by 1m, were excavated across the site to a depth of between 0.5 and 1.1m. No archaeological features or finds were uncovered during the course of the excavation.

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