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2017:699 - DRUMDERRY (2 and 3), Sligo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Sligo

Site name: DRUMDERRY (2 and 3)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: E004844; Ministerial Direction No.: A071

Author: Lydia Cagney, c/o IAC Ltd.

Author/Organisation Address: Unit G1 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow

Site type: Burnt mound

Period/Dating: Undetermined

ITM: E 575274m, N 815413m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.087224, -8.377919

Stage (iii) archaeological excavation was carried out at Drumderry 2 and 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 Drumderry 2 and 3 recorded the remains of five burnt mounds with associated features including two wood-lined troughs, three post-holes, two pits and two spreads of burnt debris.

 


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