County: Roscommon Site name: Tullnahaw
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0770
Author: Finn Delaney, Eachtra Archaeological Projects – Galway, Unit 10 Kilkerrin Park, Liosbain Industrial Estate, Galway.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 592203m, N 817548m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.106952, -8.119227
Monitoring was undertaken from August to December 2008 at a wind farm development in Co. Roscommon. Monitoring of a similar development at Garvagh Glebe, Co. Leitrim, was carried out under the same licence (see No. 756 above). Eleven turbines are to be constructed at the Tullynahaw site in Co. Roscommon. Both sites also require the construction of access roads and substations. The wind farm sites are located along a ridge which straddles County Leitrim to the north and County Roscommon to the south and which forms Corrie Mountain.
Monitoring was undertaken during the excavation of the 6m wide access roads, the 40m by 20m hardstanding areas at the ends of the roads, and the area corresponding to a proposed electrical control building. No archaeological deposits have been encountered. Groundworks are expected to recommence in 2009 and the associated excavations will be monitored.
