1998:497 - WESTPORT-BELCLARE, R335 Road Realignment Scheme, Mayo
County: Mayo
Site name: WESTPORT-BELCLARE, R335 Road Realignment Scheme
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 97E0417 ext.
Author: Martin E. Byrne
Author/Organisation Address: 39 Kerdiff Park, Monread, Naas, Co. Kildare
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 498699m, N 783145m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.788002, -9.537327
Monitoring continued in relation to the scheme (see Excavations 1997, 136) in mid-October and early November. The work was confined to a c. 1.1km stretch of road running west from Carrownalurgan Bridge. All topsoil-stripping associated with the widening and realignment of the road was monitored. Groundworks along the southern side of the road were confined to a corridor 3–13m wide, and along the northern side a 4–17m-wide area. No features or finds of archaeological interest were uncovered during the course of the work.
Further monitoring in respect of the scheme will be undertaken during 1999.