2016:793 - TAWNAGH (3), Sligo
County: Sligo
Site name: TAWNAGH (3)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: E004794; Ministerial Direction No.: A071
Author: Lydia Cagney, c/o IAC Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit G1 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Site type: Charcoal-making site
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 574369m, N 816615m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.097981, -8.391853
Stage (iii) archaeological excavation was carried out at Tawnagh 3 in advance of the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin Road Development, Co. Sligo. The site was discovered during Stage (i) archaeological testing and was assessed during Stage (ii) Pre-Excavation Services (Registration Number E4627).
The excavation at Tawnagh 3 recorded the remains of a charcoal-production pit. The pit, which contained three fills, consisted of an isolated, sub-oval cut, with shallow, gently sloping sides terminating at a concave, oxidised base.
