2016:152 - CARROWBUNNAUN, Strandhill, Sligo
County: Sligo
Site name: CARROWBUNNAUN, Strandhill
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 16E0011
Author: Angela Wallace, Atlantic Archaeology
Author/Organisation Address: Pier Rd, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 561156m, N 835299m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.265032, -8.596257
Monitoring/testing was required as part of planning conditions for a residential development to the east of the Top Road in Strandhill. The proposed development site comprises an area measuring 1.08ha. The plan envisages the construction of 34 residential units, a childcare facility, and staff accommodation. Provision for 65 carparking spaces, an open public area measuring 2123m² and other associated site works complete the development.
A total of 32 test trenches were excavated across the footprint of this development. Excavation did not reveal any evidence for archaeological finds, features or deposits. A further programme of intermittent monitoring was carried out during the course of topsoil stripping across the entire site and no evidence for any archaeological material was uncovered.