County: Sligo Site name: 39 High Street, Magheraboy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SL014-065- Licence number: 24E0021
Author: Tamlyn McHugh
Site type: Post Medieval features
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 569152m, N 835682m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.269018, -8.473563
The proposed development entails the construction of a housing scheme and all associated services within the Zone of Archaeological Potential for RMP SL014-065---- Historic Town.
Features and objects of an archaeological nature were noted during the test trenching of the proposed development area. Two test trenches were excavated running west-east through demolition material associated with the building that formerly existed at the site. Below the stone and rubble in this demolition material was blackened organic soil with shell and animal bone inclusions. This blackened material did not occur under the footprint of the former building that fronted on to High Street, natural soil was encountered here, however a shell midden was uncovered near the entrance to the site. A U-shaped possible ditch cut into the natural boulder clay was observed in both test trenches. It was filled with the black soil with oyster shell and butchered bone, and contained broken ceramic and glass objects that appear to be post-medieval in date. The U-shaped feature measured 2.4m wide (north-south) and 1.85m deep.
Cooldrumman Upper, Carney, Co. Sligo
