County: Galway Site name: COOLSRAHRA
Sites and Monuments Record No.: RMP 95:16 Licence number: 01E0408
Author: Billy Quinn, ASU Ltd.
Site type: Building
Period/Dating: Early Medieval (AD 400-AD 1099)
ITM: E 542055m, N 723306m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.256947, -8.868407
Monitoring took place on the site of a proposed dwelling-house at Coolsrahra on 26 May 2001. The work was halted after it was discovered that the proposed dwelling-house lay within the north-west quadrant of an early ecclesiastical enclosure. At this point a 10m by 3m strip near the proposed entranceway had been topsoil-stripped, exposing a natural undisturbed stratigraphy. Following discussions with Dúchas, it was agreed to resolve the matter by respecting a 20m zone around the enclosure and siting the house elsewhere.
Purcell House, Oranmore, Co. Galway
