County: Roscommon Site name: MONEYMORE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 42:30 Licence number: 03E1027
Author: Bernard Guinan
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 597057m, N 794960m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.904020, -8.044780
An assessment was required in advance of the construction of a dwelling-house, car canopy, septic tank and percolation area within the protected area of a ringfort at Moneymore, Coolaphubble, Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon. The proposed development was located c. 25m from the southern bank of the ringfort, which was protected from the development by a 25m buffer zone.
Seven machine-cut test-trenches were laid out at intervals across the proposed development site. They were 1.5m wide and ranged in length from 3 to 60m. Across the seven trenches a dark-brown topsoil ranged from 0.1 to 0.4m in depth. This overlay a yellowish-brown subsoil, c. 0.15–0.4m deep, above a natural gravel horizon. The remains of a modern field boundary were found in two of the trenches.
No finds, features or deposits of archaeological significance were uncovered during the course of testing.
Coosan, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
