County: Roscommon Site name: Green Street, Boyle
Sites and Monuments Record No.: RO006–068 Licence number: 05E0849 ext.
Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services, Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 580075m, N 802652m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.972769, -8.303691
The site is located on the north side of Boyle within the zone of archaeological potential for the medieval town. An assessment of a proposed extension to a building formerly known as The Magpie’s Nest, at Green Street, Boyle, revealed the foundations of a short wall spur, earlier than the extant 18th/19th-century building (Excavations 2005, No. 1313). The subsequent monitoring of the proposed development revealed no further architectural or archaeological features that could be part of an earlier building.
