County: Donegal Site name: Rathmullan & Ballyboe
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 20E0552
Author: Tamlyn McHugh/Fadó Archaeology
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 629741m, N 927534m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.094340, -7.534075
Monitoring of topsoil stripping to the rear of 1 Seaview Terrace in historic Rathmullan Co. Donegal, was undertaken on 23 November 2020. Access was provided via a lane way to the north of the rear garden of the property. An outbuilding was mechanically removed to provide access for machinery. The stratigraphy in the rear garden consisted of sod layer over dark brown silt with moderate small stone inclusions and modern material including plastic items, brick fragments and very occasional clay pipe stems. No finds or features of an archaeological nature were noted during the removal of soil and site clearance in this area.
Monitoring was undertaken of the demolition and removal of the floor surfaces of an extension located to the rear of the house. Overburden and the former floor surfaces were mechanically removed in preparation for the insertion of foundations that will accommodate a new extension to the rear of the property. The stratigraphy consisted of 0.4m of floor material comprising concrete, sand and shell inclusions which overlay dark brown subsoil. The ground level was further reduced to the underlying stony boulder clay surface; this was excavated to a depth of 0.4m bringing the total depth to 0.8m.
A short foundation trench was mechanically excavated running south to north. This will accommodate a wall that will divide No. 1 Seaview Terrace from the neighboring property to the west. This trench was 0.6m wide and 0.4m deep.
No finds or features of an archaeological nature were noted during the demolition of the former extension to the rear of the house, the reduced excavation for the foundations of the new extension or the foundation trench for the new garden boundary wall.
Cooldrumman Upper, Carney, Co. Sligo
