County: Donegal Site name: Glebe (Killybegs Ed), Killybegs
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DG097-039001 to -05, and DG097-016 Licence number: 12E033
Author: Frank Coyne
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 571504m, N 876542m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.636278, -8.441387
Excavation of test trenches at the site at Killybegs Pier was carried out on 18 July, in advance of the construction of a coastguard station. The proposed development is situated on the newly constructed pier, in an area where a substantial amount (several meters) of fill was imported during construction. Six trenches were opened across the footprint of the proposed development, and were cut through the tarmac. All were 1.5m wide. Modern fill was encountered in all of the trenches. Nothing of an archaeological nature was uncovered in any of the test trenches. The island of Rough Point on which the pier has been constructed was previously excavated by the writer in 2001 (Excavations 2001, No. 285, 01E0807).
Aegis Archaeology Ltd, 32 Nicholas Street, King’s Island, Limerick
