County: Galway Site name: GALWAY: Spanish Arch
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0014
Author: Anne Connolly, Archaeological Services Unit Ltd.
Site type: Town defences
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 529770m, N 725218m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.272644, -9.052906
A 5m (north-west/south-east) by 3m (north-east/ south-west) area was mechanically excavated to a maximum depth of 0.8m below ground level, adjacent to and adjoining the south-west-facing wall at the Spanish Arch. A rubble foundation was revealed, directly underlying the wall. However, no significant dating evidence emerged from material removed under the south-west-facing wall.
Purcell House, Oranmore, Co. Galway
