County: Leitrim Site name: LISDARUSH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LE008-004001 Licence number: 05E0511
Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 592149m, N 845221m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.355600, -8.120774
The proposed development is to consist of two dwelling houses, accesses and septic tanks/percolation areas. The sites are located to the north-east of a univallate hillfort located on a hilltop with commanding views of Lough Melvin. The fosse of the hillfort is actually a tertiary county road, with the accesses of both sites opening onto this road. Despite the proximity of the proposed development sites to such a major archaeological monument, no evidence of archaeological features or finds was revealed during the course of the topsoil-stripping. As in many places in north Leitrim, the topsoil is very thin, consisting of 0.1–0.15m of stony grey/brown silty clay with a few small to medium stones and some early modern finds. The topsoil overlay the natural subsoil, a stony and gritty compact grey clay.
Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
