County: Leitrim Site name: BRIDGE STREET, CARRICK-ON-SHANNON
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E1357
Author: Martin E. Byrne, Byrne Mullins & Associates, 7 Cnoc na GrŽine Square, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 594385m, N 799543m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.945188, -8.085522
Testing was undertaken at a proposed development site located to the rear of Bridge Street, Carrick-on-Shannon, on 19 and 20 October 2004. The site is located within the zone of archaeological potential of Carrick-on-Shannon (SMR 31:5(04)). Much of the site had been used as a compound/store during the construction of an adjacent apartment development to the east, at which time the surface was covered with geotextile material and a layer of hardcore (up to 0.85m thickness).
Six trenches were excavated by machine within the former compound area. Below the geotextile material lay a peaty deposit that was c. 0.32m in thickness in the northern area of the site and c. 2.1m in the southern area. This lay upon a soft creamy-grey marl. Nothing of archaeological interest was revealed. Additional parts of the site could not be tested in advance of the planning application.
