2013:372 - Tonyquin and Gortnaderryleagh, Cavan

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Cavan Site name: Tonyquin and Gortnaderryleagh

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0439 ext.

Author: Aidan O’Connell

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 620066m, N 825927m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.181901, -7.692606

Testing took place of a proposed 8ha extension to a quarry in the townlands of Gortnderryleagh and Tonyquin, south of Swanlinbar Co. Cavan. Two previous excavation licenses (08E806 and 09E439) were issued for investigations within the existing quarry. The current testing followed an initial geophysical survey (13R09); testing targeted a number of anomalies of archaeological potential. Fourteen trenches with a total length of 600m were excavated across the site. Subsoil consisted of a mid to light orange brown stiff clay. No archaeological features or artefacts were recorded at the site.

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