County: Sligo Site name: Abbeytown, Ballysadare
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 18E0496
Author: Annette Quinn
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 565124m, N 829476m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.212998, -8.534674
Targeted testing of geophysical anomalies was carried out on foot of a request for Further Information for permission being sought for an extension to a gravel quarry at Abbeytown, Ballysadare, Co. Sligo. The testing determined that the anomalies did not correspond to any archaeological features. One potential archaeological feature, a pit, was uncovered within Trench 9 at the southern end of the site and did not correlate with any of the geophysical anomalies detected in this area.
A direct impact to this feature (F1, or any other associated features) has been identified should this area be subject to quarrying activities in the future.
Tobar Archaeological Services, Saleen, Midleton, County Cork
