County: Donegal Site name: BALLYSHANNON: The Mall
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DG107–053 Licence number: 06E0350
Author: Mary Henry, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd.
Site type: Shambles
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 587514m, N 861482m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.501617, -8.192756
Eight test-trenches were opened on the site of a proposed commercial development site at The Mall, Ballyshannon. Ten features were found, all of modern provenance, with the earliest dating to the latter half of the 19th/early 20th century. A number of walls were uncovered, all of which were bonded with Portland cement. These walls were probably associated with a slaughterhouse that formerly stood on the site. A dense deposit of butchered bone and the remains of a slaughter/holding stall were also found.
17 Staunton Row, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
