County: Sligo Site name: Drumcliffe South
Sites and Monuments Record No.: National Monument 119 High Cross (SL008-084004-) Licence number: C000888; E005004 Ext.
Author: Tamlyn McHugh
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 567803m, N 842052m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.326171, -8.494957
Monitoring of the excavation of a service trench to repair a water pipe in the vicinity of National Monument 119, High Cross (SL008-084004-), at Drumcliffe monastic centre, Drumcliffe South, Co. Sligo was undertaken on May 17 2019. Following cutting of the tarmacadam surface, the trench was excavated using a mechanical excavator equipped with a graded bucket to access the water pipe. The excavated trench measured 1m wide, 0.95m deep and 1.6m long. The stratigraphy was consistent throughout the trench, consisting of 0.06m tarmac surface over rough modern gravel fill 0.16-0.27m deep. This overlay a light orange boulder clay containing decaying sandstone. No archaeological material was noted in the trench during monitoring.
Cooldrumman Upper, Carney, Co. Sligo
