County: Fermanagh Site name: A4 Enniskillen Bypass, Area E, Mullylogan, Gortadrehid Little, Gortadrehid Big
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/17/112
Author: Dermot Redmond, Gahan & Long
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 623917m, N 842506m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.330709, -7.632286
An archaeological evaluation was conducted ahead of the construction of a new 2.1km stretch of road to the south of Enniskillen to link the A509 Derrylin Road with the A4 Dublin Road. The scheme is broadly aligned east-west, and crosses the River Erne to the east, and the Sillees River to the west.
Strip Area E consisted of an area of 856 sq. m. in Field 15 of the evaluation. The area contained within it a number of anomalies which were identified during the geophysical survey (see plate). All topsoil removal within Area E was carried out by a mechanical digger fitted with a toothless bucket.
A single layer of topsoil was removed. It ranged in depth from 0.2-0.5m across the area. This topsoil was a grey-brown clay loam. It sealed the naturally occurring subsoil, which was an orange-grey clay. There were numerous modern stone drains throughout the area, extending in a variety of directions.
Nothing of archaeological significance was identified within Area E.
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