County: Fermanagh Site name: Main Street, Kinawley (Lismonaghan)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/18/80
Author: Christopher J. Farrimond, FarrimondMacManus Ltd (Derry), 150 Elmvale, Culmore, Derry BT48 8SL.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 622959m, N 830805m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.225611, -7.647916
Archaeological monitoring of primary ground reduction works (site clearance and excavation of foundation trenches) was undertaken during 7 – 8 May 2018.
Following the demolition of the existing building, a portion of the material was used to create a temporary “working platform” to the immediate south of the proposed buildings to create an elevated level surface for the duration of the construction works. The upper layers of the material will be removed upon completion of construction works; the lower layers will be retained and covered with topsoil to create a new ground surface up to 2m higher than the existing surface.
Primary ground reduction works, comprising the removal of floor surfaces and excavation of foundation trenches for concrete foundations, revealed glacial subsoil which was encountered directly below modern overburden/construction layers associated with the buildings which previously occupied the site.
These construction layers varied in depth between c.0.6–1.5m and contained frequent but small amounts of late 20th-century construction materials.
Additional ground reduction works, included the excavation of small trenches for drainage and services, were all within the layers of modern infill.
No archaeological features, remains or deposits were identified within the boundaries of the proposed development area during archaeological monitoring works at the site.
Christopher J. Farrimond, FarrimondMacManus Ltd (Derry), 150 Elmvale, Culmore, Derry BT48 8SL.
