County: Sligo Site name: Mail Coach Road to Burton Street Link Road, Knocknaganny, Sligo
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 21E0709
Author: Maeve McCormick
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 569306m, N 835538m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.267734, -8.471184
Test excavation was undertaken on 2 November 2021 on lands at Mail Coach Road to Burton Street Link Road, Knocknaganny, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo in rainy and cold conditions. A total of 4 test trenches with a combined length of 85 linear metres were excavated within the site (20% of the 850 sq. m subject area). Trenches were spaced at regular intervals and located in order to assess the archaeological potential of the overall site.
Nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered during the excavation.
Archer Heritage Planning, 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
