2005:1348 - ROSCOMMON: Goff Street/Circular Road/Athlone Road, Roscommon

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Roscommon Site name: ROSCOMMON: Goff Street/Circular Road/Athlone Road

Sites and Monuments Record No.: RO039-043 Licence number: 05E1354

Author: Mary Henry

Site type: Town

Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)

ITM: E 588035m, N 764127m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.626824, -8.180877

Six test-trenches were opened on the site as part of granted planning permission to construct a commercial building in the south part of Roscommon town. A total of eleven drains were discovered within the trenches, as well as an agricultural furrow and a precast concrete foundation. All of these features were of modern date.

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