2024:781 - Cloonanny Glebe, Longford
County: Longford
Site name: Cloonanny Glebe
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 24E0500
Author: John Kavanagh, Icon Archaeology
Author/Organisation Address: 12 Cherrymount Drive, Carlow Town, Co. Carlow
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 614977m, N 778038m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.751748, -7.772915
Icon Archaeology Ltd. was commissioned to complete the archaeological, architectural and cultural heritage EIAR chapter for a wind turbine development project located in the townland of Cloonanny Glebe, County Longford. The proposed development will comprise two wind turbines and all associated works. The nearest recorded monument in the Record of Monuments and Places is located 610m from the site location.
A total of 19 test trenches were excavated at each of the key locations within the Wind Farm Development Site. An excavator fitted with a 1.8m wide flat grading bucket was used to excavate the trenches across the development area. No archaeology was found.