County: Leitrim Site name: JAMESTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 31:82 Licence number: 05E0593
Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services, Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 597458m, N 797340m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.925411, -8.038705
The site of the proposed development is located immediately outside of the walled plantation town of Jamestown, Co. Leitrim. It is to consist of fifteen two-storey houses, access, services and landscaping. Test excavation was carried out in June 2005. Eleven trenches were excavated across the site. All were 1.8m wide and were excavated to a depth of between 0.35 and 0.5m. Six of the trenches were 80m long, three were 70m long and the remaining two were 50m long. No evidence of archaeological activity was revealed on the site.
