County: Leitrim Site name: Centra, Main Street, Manorhamilton
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 10E0113
Author: Angela Wallace, Connacht Archaeological Services, 19 The Meadows, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 588676m, N 839391m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.303150, -8.173983
Monitoring was carried out during excavation works within the footprint of this development. The area for development was located at the eastern end of Main Street in the south-east area of the town. The site, 100m north–south x 45m, was roughly rectangular in shape and orientated north–south. A layer of concrete and hardcore material, 0–0.3m deep, formed the upper layer across the site. Below this a layer of rubble and modern debris was identified ranging from 0.3–0.6m below existing ground level. From 0.6m to 0.9m, an undisturbed layer of peaty material was identified; this overlay subsoil of orange/brown clay material. No archaeological finds, features or deposits were identified during the course of monitoring this development.
