County: Mayo Site name: Carrowoughteragh
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 10E0082
Author: Dermot Nelis, 36 Fingal Street, Dublin 8.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 524112m, N 751923m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.511811, -9.144138
Test-trenching, lasting two days, was carried out at the extension to a limestone quarry at Carrowoughteragh, Shrule, Co. Mayo. In total, 1273m² of test-trenches were excavated within the possible testing area of 38,700m. Excavation of nine test-trenches within the land-take of the proposed development failed to reveal either archaeological features or artifacts. In all trenches topsoil directly sealed geologically deposited strata.
