County: Galway Site name: ATHENRY: Chapel Lane
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0034
Author: Fiona Rooney, Arch. Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 549998m, N 728490m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.304338, -8.750189
As this development lay in the zone of archaeological potential, pre-development testing in the form of trial-trenches was recommended. The mechanical excavation of six trenches revealed no evidence of features/deposits of archaeological significance. The trenches were excavated to a maximum depth of 1m. In the northern end of the site the stratigraphy consisted of a layer of orange boulder clay, 2m deep, overlying a grey, sandy gravel layer. In the southern end the garden soil was found to overlie the grey, sandy gravel layer. The layers present consisted of made-up ground or natural.
Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway
