County: Offaly Site name: Derrinlough
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: Unlicensed monitoring
Author: Dermot Nelis
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 608115m, N 715290m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.188002, -7.878578
The development site is located approximately 10km south-west of Ferbane and 4km south of Cloghan, and involved the mechanical excavation of two site investigation test pits to facilitate construction of a wind farm.
A 12 tonne machine fitted with a toothless grading bucket was used to excavate the test pits, which on average measured 3m long x 0.5m wide x 1.5m deep. Excavation of both test pits revealed topsoil sealing a peat layer which directly sealed undisturbed natural geology.
No archaeological features or artefacts were revealed as a result of carrying out the monitoring.
36 Fingal Street, Dublin 8
