County: Leitrim Site name: ATTIRORY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LE031-039 Licence number: 04E0133
Author: Tom Rogers, Moore Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 594921m, N 798903m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.939435, -8.077354
Monitoring of a site consisting of two fields was carried out in the townland of Attirory on the east bank of the Shannon ahead of the construction of 38 houses and associated services. Fourteen trenches were excavated across the site using an excavator fitted with a toothless grading bucket. Thin peaty topsoil sealed natural light marl across the site. A single trench was dug by hand across an earthen platform at the north-western corner of the eastern field. A rough stone surface was revealed, crossed by a stone-lined gully. This is interpreted as the remains of a cattle byre. A small building is shown here on the second-edition OS map. Nothing of archaeological significance was recorded.
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