2007:1535 - Kilmacowen, Sligo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Sligo Site name: Kilmacowen

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SL020–101 Licence number: 06E1196

Author: Mary Henry, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd, 17 Staunton Row, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 565964m, N 830917m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.226004, -8.521949

Test-trenches were undertaken as part of the planning permission process to construct a house at Kilmacowen, which is located c. 6km south-west of Sligo town. The site is within the constraint area for a possible ring-ditch. Five test-trenches were opened on the site. No archaeological features or deposits were found during testing.