County: Roscommon Site name: KILLERR
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 34:14 Licence number: 04E1548
Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services, Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 575204m, N 771968m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.696836, -8.375467
The site of the proposed development at Killerr is located approximately two miles to the south-east of Ballintubber. It is near a large enclosure. The site slopes down very gently from south-west to northeast. The bank of the enclosure forms the southern boundary of the site. Testing was carried out in November 2004. Three trenches were excavated and there was no evidence of any archaeological features or finds. The fourth trench was not excavated, as the proposed septic tank/percolation area is situated too close to the edge of the enclosure. It is likely that the septic tank/percolation area will have to be repositioned and may require further excavation/ monitoring.
