Structure in Tonyquin

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Located on a shelf on a W-facing slope overlooking the S-N Blackwater River which is c. 800m distant. Archaeological monitoring (09E0439) by The Archaeological Company over an extensive area (44.5 ha) in Tonyquin and Gortlaunaght townlands in advance of a quarry development identified numerous archaeological monuments including a Neolithic house, an oval enclosure and a ringfort (https://www.excavations.ie/report/2010/Cavan/0021290/ ). Further monitoring identified and excavated over 200 features, and intensive cleaning in particular areas identified 300 more, including two concentrations which proved to be a hut-site (CV017—019001-) and this structure, which is probably a shelter. These were excavated fully by Aidan O’Connell for Archer Heritage Planning under an extension of the same licence. This structure in Area 5 consists of an arc of stake-holes (Chord c. 10m NE-SW) curving out to the NW, with a smaller line of 6 stake-holes c. 3m to the NW. Four stake-holes placed c. 2m apart are at the E edge of the arc, and there are two large pits (dims 2m x 1.4m; D 0.8m) within the arc. (O’Connell and O’Hara 2010, 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 February 2018 O’Connell, A. and R O’Hara 2010 Archaeological Excavation, Tonyquin, Swanlibar, Co. Cavan. Licence No. 09E0439 ext. Unpublished Interim report, Archer Heritage Planning

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV007-019002

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