County: Fermanagh Site name: Lands to the east of Holy Trinity Church of Ireland, Castle Balfour Demesne, Lisnaskea
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/23/118
Author: Naomi Richardson/Farrimond Macmanus ltd
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 636197m, N 833633m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.250260, -7.444566
Archaeological test trenching was carried out in relation to a proposed graveyard extension on lands to the east of Holy Trinity Church of Ireland, Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh in response to a request for an archaeological evaluation as per policy HE01(c) of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Local Development Plan 2030.
Proposed evaluation trenching was constrained by the depth of modern infill and instability of ground conditions. Therefore a series of 5 sub test trenches set 5m apart along a proposed 35m long trench was excavated across the site revealing that topsoil overlay a modern infill deposit measuring up to 2.4m in depth. Below this modern infill the original ground level was identified, with a thin organic lens overlying buried topsoil up to 0.6m in depth. This buried topsoil was removed onto shale bedrock for 2m at the southern end of the trench and onto an orange silty clay subsoil along the remaining 33m.
The archaeological evaluation failed to identify any previously unidentified archaeological activity; however the trenching was limited in nature due to the depth and instability of ground conditions. The test trenches did, however, indicate a low archaeological potential within the area of the proposed new graveyard extension.
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