2025:632 - Market Street, Townparks, Ballyshannon, Donegal
County: Donegal
Site name: Market Street, Townparks, Ballyshannon
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DG107-053
Licence number: 25E0509
Author: Ian Russell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth. A92 DH99.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 587650m, N 861611m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.502779, -8.190671
Monitoring of groundworks was carried out on a site on Market Street, within the historic centre of Ballyshannon (DG107-053). The site comprised the rear backyard of a townhouse, a Protected Structure (Donegal RPS No. 346) listed on the NIAH (40852020).
Monitoring was carried out in June 2025. The topsoil in the backyard of the townhouse was removed. A layer of rubble and made-up ground was found underneath. It comprised sand in the south-east corner, sandy gravel in the north-east corner and a mix of topsoil and rubble everywhere else. Modern debris, such as brick, ceramic and glass bottles, was found mixed through the made-up ground.
No archaeological features or artefacts were found during the removal of topsoil from the site.