2016:798 - Drumderry 5 and 6, Sligo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Sligo Site name: Drumderry 5 and 6

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004806, Ministerial Direction No.: A071

Author: Lydia Cagney

Site type: Pits, post-holes, stake-holes, gullies and spreads

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 575528m, N 575568m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.931687, -8.355853

Stage (iii) archaeological excavation was carried out at Drumderry 5 and 6 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 of Drumderry 5 and 6 revealed stake-holes, post-holes, pits, gullies and spreads. These featured were found in two loose clusters in the westerns and eastern extents of the site. There were also some isolated features positioned at a distance from these clusters.

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