2017:143 - Shanvodinnaun, Mayo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Mayo Site name: Shanvodinnaun

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 17E0418

Author: Muireann Ni Cheallachain

Site type: No Archaeology Found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 503155m, N 824066m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.156450, -9.482720

Monitoring of groundworks associated with the erection of a wind mast was undertaken in September 2017 within Oweninny bog in the townland of Shanvodinnaun, Co.Mayo. The excavation of 12 anchor point trenches was monitored. All trenches were generally 1m wide and the lengths varied from 3.5m to 4.5m. The trenches were excavated through peat and natural subsoil to an average depth of 2.5m.   No archaeology was found.

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