County: Galway Site name: ATHENRY: Cross Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0070
Author: Fiona Rooney, Arch. Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 550202m, N 727780m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.297974, -8.747015
The proposed development concerned the erection of two stores and the extension to the rear of the present building. The development is within the zone of archaeological potential of Athenry, and therefore pre-development testing was required.
Three trenches were mechanically excavated. The stratigraphy revealed indicated no evidence of features/deposits of archaeological significance. The layers present consisted of a dark brown garden soil overlying the natural.
Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway
