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