County: Roscommon Site name: LACKEN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 42:44 Licence number: 04E0157
Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services, Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 589260m, N 753266m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.529244, -8.161976
The proposed development site is located just outside Portrunny village on a sloping site overlooking Lough Ree. It will consist of a hotel, 24 semi-detached houses, access roads and sewage treatment plant. The site is near an early ecclesiastical site located to the north-west. Seven test-trenches were excavated across the site by machine to the level of undisturbed natural in February 2004. There were no archaeological features or finds in any of the trenches.
