County: Galway Site name: ATHENRY: Court Lane
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0655
Author: Fiona Rooney, Arch. Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Town defences
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 550347m, N 727962m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.299624, -8.744874
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the installation of new ESB cables along Court Lane, Athenry, Co. Galway, was recommended as this development lay in the zone of archaeological potential and was close to Athenry Castle. Funding for this project was provided by Galway County Council.
A trench was excavated (120m long, 0.5m wide and 0.25–0.45m deep) along an existing stone wall of the park. The stratigraphy revealed little of archaeological significance. The only material of interest was loose stones found in the vicinity of the original town wall. Their presence may indicate disturbance of this feature, but, as the trench excavated was shallow (0.25m), it was not possible to determine whether the original foundations of the wall still exist. Elsewhere the stratigraphy consisted of mixed foundations of the road and park wall with occasional modern finds.
Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway
