2004:1058 - CORRY, Newtownforbes, Longford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Longford Site name: CORRY, Newtownforbes

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0223

Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 610923m, N 779236m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.762615, -7.834328

The site of the proposed development, the construction of 32 houses and related accesses and services, is located just off the main Dublin–Sligo road, on the outskirts of the village of Newtownforbes. Six trenches, measuring 100m long and 1.25m wide, were excavated east-west across the site in February 2004. There was no evidence of archaeological activity.

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