County: Leitrim Site name: Drumhierny Lodge, Drumhierny and Mackan, Leitrim
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LE027-024002, LE027-024003, LE027-024004, LE027-024005, LE027-024006, LE027-024007, LE027-024008, LE027-024009, LE027-024010, LE027-024011, LE027-024012, LE027-024013 Licence number: 21E0517
Author: Kate Taylor
Site type: Demesne (18th century)
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 595300m, N 805400m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.997821, -8.071682
Following a detailed desk-based archaeological assessment, archaeological monitoring was carried out during construction of a tourist development within the grounds of the late 18th-/early 19th-century Drumhierny Lodge, a protected structure, near Leitrim.
The development consisted of the construction of chalets, the conversion of the former coach house into a reception building, laying of footpaths and car parks and various service connections. Several Recorded Monuments are to be found in the heavily wooded estate grounds, including a number of enclosures that may represent ringforts, as well as several tree rings that are likely to have been created as part of early 19th-century landscaping. The development was designed to avoid impact on the monuments and other landscape features. Archaeological monitoring during the minimal-impact groundworks did not identify any archaeological features, deposits or artefacts.
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