2015:075 - St. Johnstown WTP, Donegal

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Donegal Site name: St. Johnstown WTP

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 15E0448

Author: Martin McGonigle

Site type: Testing - Water Treatment Plant

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 634793m, N 909585m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.932757, -7.457116

Monitoring was undertaken on the site of a new Remote Pumping Station associated with the overall St. Johnstown WWTW facility on 13 October 2015. The site consisted of a small area containing a hardwood tree plantation (planted c.1996), located to the north of St. Johnstown cricket club, close to a river (St. Johnstown River?) and approximately 100m west of the River Foyle. The topsoil was stripped off the site by a 360 degree mechanical excavator fitted with a toothless bucket, under constant supervision of the licenced archaeologist.

John Cronin & Associates, 28 Upper Main St, Buncrana, Co. Donegal