County: Sligo Site name: Ballyglass/Dunneill/Dunowla/ Tawnadremira or Crowagh
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0809
Author: Dominic Delany, Dominic Delany & Associates, Unit 3, Howley Court, Oranmore, Co. Galway.
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 544450m, N 829244m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.209097, -8.851541
Test excavations took place on the site of a proposed wind farm at Dunneill, in the foothills of Slieve Gamph, south of Dromore West, Co. Sligo. Phase 1 of testing occurred in the north of the site on 2 and 3 October 2008. Nine trenches were opened across the footprint of the scheme, each centred on the site of a proposed wind turbine generator. The trenches were excavated using a wide grading bucket and were all 10m long (the length and width of the turbine). Trenches were excavated to the top of archaeology or natural subsoils. There was no evidence of archaeological material at the proposed locations of turbines 1 or 3–8. Evidence of a fulacht fiadh was, however, found on the proposed location of turbine 2. Consultation between DDA, Airtricity and DoEHLG resulted in a decision to proceed with full excavation under the existing licence. A second phase of testing took place on 8 January 2009 which involved testing the proposed location of turbines 9–11. Nothing of archaeological significance was found.
