County: Donegal Site name: KILBARRON
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 103:56 Licence number: 05E1218
Author: Richard Crumlish, 4 Lecka Grove, Castlebar Road, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 585122m, N 865106m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.534121, -8.229864
Pre-development testing was carried out on 1 and 2 November 2005 at three adjacent sites in advance of their development at Kilbarron townland, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. The proposed development, the construction of three dwelling houses with septic tanks and percolation areas, was within the constraint area for an enclosure site and souterrain. No archaeological features were visible within the three proposed development sites.
Eight trenches were excavated. These measured between 10.6m and 60m long, 0.9–1.2m wide and 0.1–0.85m deep. A number of sections of various trenches were not excavated, due to them being inundated with water from two grass-covered drains that crossed the site. Below the topsoil were sterile natural subsoils (grey/orange/cream/brown plastic sandy clay, orange/brown/grey/cream plastic silty clay, orange/grey/brown friable sandy loam) and bedrock. No artefacts were uncovered. Nothing of archaeological significance was revealed.
