2001:494 - LYDACAN CASTLE, Claregalway, Galway

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Galway Site name: LYDACAN CASTLE, Claregalway

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0064

Author: Markus Casey

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 537275m, N 733314m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.346330, -8.942015

No levels, features or items of archaeological or historical value were uncovered during a week-long test excavation at a site close to the remains of a late medieval tower-house. Further monitoring during the soil-stripping stage of the proposed house development and supervised clearance of rubble from the remaining portion of the tower-house is recommended.

Swan House, Flood Street, Galway