County: Sligo Site name: ABBEYQUARTER SOUTH, CRANMORE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0473
Author: Angela Wallace, Connacht Archaeological Services, 19 The Meadows, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 570157m, N 835405m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.266591, -8.458094
The overall area for a proposed development here measures c. 2.1 acres. There are no monuments within or in the immediate vicinity (i.e. 50m radius) of the site). The adjacent townland of Abbeyquarter North forms part of the historic core of Sligo town and has a high density of recorded monuments.
A total of six test-trenches were excavated across the site. Three trenches measured 60m in length by 1.5m in width, orientated east–west, and three were orientated north–south measuring c. 50m in length. Trenches were excavated using a machine with a grading bucket. Topsoil was spread out and examined for possible finds. Fill material with crockery and modern debris to a depth of 1.5m was evident in the south-western area of the site. No archaeological finds or features were encountered during testing.
