2005:1335 - HAWKSFORD, Roscommon

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Roscommon Site name: HAWKSFORD

Sites and Monuments Record No.: RO008C008 Licence number: 05E0001

Author: Mary Henry, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 557866m, N 799270m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.941045, -8.641732

Testing was undertaken as part of a planning submission to build a house at Hawksford, Ballaghaderreen. Five test-trenches were opened on the site. A children’s burial ground was located c. 40m to the north-east of the development site. No evidence of archaeological features or deposits was found in any of the trenches opened.

17 Staunton Row, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary