2005:1355 - BALLINCAR, Sligo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Sligo Site name: BALLINCAR

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SL008-132 Licence number: 04E1224

Author: Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd.

Site type: Field boundary

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

ITM: E 567308m, N 838812m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.297032, -8.502204

Four test-pits were hand excavated along the route of a proposed access road for a housing development to the rear of Ballincar Heights. The test-pits were located on a series of linear earthworks. All the features excavated were found to be of 18th to 19th-century date and represent former field boundaries.

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