County: Roscommon Site name: DRISHOGE, CARRICK-ON-SHANNON
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E1597
Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services, Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 592520m, N 799023m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.940493, -8.113911
The site of the proposed development at Drishoge, a supermarket and parking facilities, access and services, is on the N4 Sligo-Dublin road on the outskirts of Carrick-on-Shannon on the Roscommon side of the Shannon. The closest known archaeological monument is SMR 11:22, a ringfort, situated 300m to the south-west. Six test-trenches were excavated by machine to the level of undisturbed natural in December 2004. There was no evidence of archaeological features or finds in any of the trenches excavated.
