County: Galway Site name: TUAM: SuperValu, Bishop Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 29:199 Licence number: 97E0305
Author: Gerry Walsh
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 543794m, N 751984m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.514830, -8.847454
Pre-development testing was undertaken on the site of a proposed extension to the Super-Valu Supermarket in Tuam, Co. Galway, in August 1997. The proposed development is located within the designated archaeological zone for Tuam.
Five test-trenches were excavated within the existing Super-Valu carpark. It became clear at an early stage that over 1m of fill had been dumped on the site to make up the existing carpark level, as a second layer of tarmac was uncovered at a depth of approximately 1m. Numerous existing water and sewer pipes were also uncovered, some at a depth of over 2m.
No archaeological features or small finds were recovered from any of the test-trenches.
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