2005:588 - DEERPARK (Site 2.12), Galway
County: Galway
Site name: DEERPARK (Site 2.12)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: A024/18
Author: Tom Janes, Headland Archaeology Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 1, IDA Industrial Estate, Wallingstown, Little Island, Co. Cork
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 553560m, N 725029m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.273558, -8.696243
This site had been highlighted as an area of high archaeological potential based on the results of geophysical survey. Phase 1 testing confirmed the presence of an earthen bank and associated ditch, identified through geophysical survey, and a possible associated cobbled surface. Three areas of hand testing and seventeen machine-dug trenches were opened. A number of sites of archaeological interest were identified.
Area A contained a mound with associated ditch and the remains of a cobbled surface, which may represent an enclosed yard. It is likely that they represent the remnants of structures connected to the Galway Blazers. No artefacts were retrieved which would allow a date to be assigned.
In Area B, no structure was apparent, but the remains may represent part of a collapsed superstructure. The full extent of the possible pit was unknown but is likely to relate to a subcircular feature evident in the geophysical survey.
The work was commissioned by Galway County Council National Roads Design Office and sponsored by the National Roads Authority.