2005:1372 - GRAIGUE, Sligo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Sligo Site name: GRAIGUE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 14:202 Licence number: 05E0505

Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services, Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 565816m, N 832773m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.242676, -8.524429

The proposed development at Graigue is c. 1km from Carrowmore megalithic cemetery, Co. Sligo. It involves the construction of a house, access, garage and septic tank/percolation area. It is near a ringfort and possible souterrain located to the north-west. Five test-trenches were excavated by machine across the site in April 2005. The trenches measured 10m by 1m and were excavated to the level of undisturbed natural at a depth of 0.35–0.4m. There was no evidence of any archaeological activity on the site.