County: Galway Site name: ATHENRY: Cross Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1758
Author: Fiona Rooney, Arch. Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 550202m, N 727780m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.297978, -8.747018
Pre-development testing was undertaken at Cross Street, Athenry, which is within the medieval walls of the town. Two trenches were mechanically excavated, both oriented east–west, 13.5m long and 1m wide. Trench A was excavated to a depth of 0.8–0.9m, and Trench B to a maximum depth of 1m. The removal of the demolition debris revealed a stony rubble layer in both trenches. Occasional fragments of red brick and pottery were recovered from this layer, all of which were of late 20th-century date. Underlying this was a dark brown, silty clay layer with an average depth of 0.3m. There was no evidence of features/deposits of archaeological significance.
Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway
