County: Roscommon Site name: DOOHERTY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 35:104 Licence number: 04E1297
Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services, Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 587343m, N 773569m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.711655, -8.191713
The site of the proposed development of a house, access and septic tank percolation area is located outside Four-Mile-House on the Tulsk road. The site is within the zone of archaeological potential of 'roads'. It is also near two substantial ringforts, SMR 35:14, that appear to be connected to the 'roads'. The roads are defined by parallel earthen banks, one of which comes very close to the proposed development site. The site was tested through the excavation of four trenches by machine in October 2004. The trenches revealed no evidence of archaeological activity.
