County: Roscommon Site name: Boyle Abbey
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: C574; E004477
Author: Annette Quinn
Site type: Cistercian Abbey
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 580517m, N 802739m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.973563, -8.296972
The Office of Public Works has been granted ministerial consent to construct a replacement tour guide office at Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon. The footprint of the proposed building, which is located within the grounds of the National Monument and immediately north-west of same, was previously tested (Read, 2003). The foundations for the building will comprise a relatively shallow raft foundation over an area measuring c. 10m east-west x 7.5m. The entire raft foundation was excavated by hand to the required foundation depth. The layers encountered were post-medieval/modern in date as evidenced by the artefactual material recovered. A much disturbed cobbled surface was exposed within the foundation footprint. No other archaeological finds or features were noted.
Tobar Archaeological Services, Saleen, Midleton, Cork.
