County: Roscommon Site name: Pollower
Sites and Monuments Record No.: RO006-135001& 13500 Licence number: 15E0105
Author: Billy Quinn
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 583471m, N 800985m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.957905, -8.251851
Testing in advance of the construction of a dwelling house was carried out on 10 April 2015 at Pollower, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. The development site is within the ‘The Plains of Boyle’ and occupies an elevated, north-facing ridge with views towards Lough Key. There are a two recorded monuments in an adjacent field to the east classified as a mound barrow and ring barrow respectively (RO006-135001 & 135002). Testing involved the excavation of five trenches that exposed a natural stratigraphy. No finds or features indicative of archaeological potential were noted.
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