County: Mayo Site name: Sheskin, Bellacorick
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 16E0384
Author: Dermot Nelis
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 496260m, N 827820m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.188816, -9.589537
Monitoring was carried out between 11 and 15 September 2016. Development involved the construction of a 100m high cable-stayed steel lattice tower mast with 15 anchor points. The meteorological mast was supported on a railway sleeper raft base floated on the bog surface which did not require excavation. Fifteen pits, each measuring approximately 3m long x 3m wide x 3m - 3.5m deep were excavated as part of the construction works. The pits were excavated in three separate lines, with each line extending from the location of the meteorological mast and containing five pits. Pits in each of the three lines were spaced on average 9m apart. None of the pits revealed natural geology, with peat being noted at the base of all excavation works. Line 1 contained the wettest part of the development area, although water was noted in the majority of the pits. No archaeological features or artefacts were revealed during monitoring.
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