2001:486 - ATHENRY: Cross Street, Galway

The development was situated on Cross Street, Athenry, and concerned the renovation of and an extension to a public house. The location of the development in a zone of archaeological potential necessitated pre-development testing. Three trenches were mechanically excavated. The stratigraphy revealed did not indicate any evidence of features/deposits of archaeological significance. The layers present were comprised of a concrete surface and gravel layer, a stony rubble layer, a blackish brown silty layer and the natural bedrock. Finds included occasional modern glass, red brick and fragments of 20th-century pottery. The proposed extension on the site will involve the removal of soil for a depth of 0.45–0.5m. This work would not appear to affect any archaeological layers.

Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway