County: Sligo Site name: Carricknahorna East
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SL040–184 Licence number: 08E0222
Author: Mary Henry, Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd, 17 Staunton Row, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 575810m, N 810124m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.039731, -8.369297
Six test-trenches were opened on the imprint of a proposed house at Carricknahorna East, Ballinafad, which is located at the foothills of the Bricklieve Mountains. The site is within the constraint area for a megalithic tomb. The nearest point of the development site to the megalithic tomb was 55m to the west. No archaeological features/remains were uncovered in the course of testing works.
