County: Sligo Site name: Tullyhugh
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SL032–091(01, 02) Licence number: 06E1054
Author: John O’Connor, ADS Ltd, Windsor House, 11 Fairview Strand, Fairview, Dublin 3.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 557254m, N 816700m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.097611, -8.653499
A test excavation was conducted at Test Area 1, in Tullyhugh townland along the proposed route of the N17 Tubbercurry bypass, on 6–7 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 partially destroyed enclosure c. 25m to the north-west of the proposed road-take. Nothing of archaeological significance was discovered during the test excavation.
