2000:0363 - ATHENRY: Caherryon Road, Galway

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Galway Site name: ATHENRY: Caherryon Road

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0353

Author: Fiona Rooney, Arch. Consultancy Ltd.

Site type: Town

Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)

ITM: E 550655m, N 728393m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.303528, -8.740320

The proposed development concerned the extension to the rear of an existing dwelling and a domestic store. As it is located in the zone of archaeological potential for Athenry, monitoring of foundation trenches was recommended.

Monitoring revealed a brown layer, 0.4m deep, which contained fragments of modern glass. This lay over an orange-brown, natural boulder clay. No evidence of features/deposits of archaeological significance was revealed. The layer present was made-up ground of a modern date.

Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway