County: Leitrim Site name: N16 Cornacloy – Sradrine Realignment
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 11E417
Author: Ross MacLeod
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 595891m, N 838166m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.292252, -8.063115
Stage (i) Test Excavation and Survey Services and Stage (ii) Pre-Excavation Services were undertaken between 10 and 17 September 2012 as part of the Archaeological Services Contract prior to the commencement of construction works associated with the N16 Cornacloy to Sradrine Realignment in northern Co. Leitrim.
A total of 60 test trenches and 49 test pits were excavated across 23 fields, comprising a total of 2,421.4 linear metres of trenching. Two areas of archaeological interest – Cornacloy 1 and 2 – were identified during testing.
Stage (ii) Pre-Excavation Services (additional trenching, cleaning and mapping of the area of archaeological interest identified during Stage (i) test trenching) were carried out during the same period. Stage (ii) Services confirmed the presence of a burnt mound at Cornacloy 2 and a cereal-drying kiln at Cornacloy 1.
Following consultation with the Project Archaeologist and the Supervising Engineer it was agreed that the road design at the location of the small burnt mound Cornacloy 2 would be altered to enable the site to be preserved in situ. No further archaeological works are proposed at this site.
The cereal-drying kiln at Cornacloy 1 was subsequently fully excavated (see below No. 377).
Rubicon Heritage Service Ltd, Unit 2, Europa Enterprise Park, Midleton, Cork.