County: Sligo Site name: Tawnavoultry
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E1056
Author: John O’Connor, ADS Ltd, Windsor House, 11 Fairview Strand, Fairview, Dublin 3.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 555956m, N 815906m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.090369, -8.673222
A test excavation was conducted at Test Area 3, in Tawnavoultry townland along the proposed route of the N17 Tubbercurry bypass, on 8 November 2006. This test excavation is one of eight conducted along the middle section of the N17 realignment, Collooney to Charlestown. It comprises a 10.5km section of the N17 national primary route from the townland of Rhue, 2km to the south of Tubbercurry, to Tullyhugh, 1km north of Achonry Creamery.
A series of test-trenches were excavated in this area due to the presence of a possible circular enclosure identified from aerial photographs. Nothing of archaeological significance was discovered during the test excavation.
