2002:0740 - GALWAY: 7 Quay Street, Galway

Monitoring of groundworks was undertaken at this site from 22 to 24 May 2002. The groundworks did not exceed 0.5m in depth and were divided into two areas: the area within the extant building and the area in the yard to the rear. The excavation works by the contractor’s team began in the yard to the rear, and a 0.5m depth of modern rubble fill was removed by hand. Internal excavation works removed the existing flag floor and a discontinuous area of modern cobbles. Underlying these surfaces was modern redeposited rubble and fill. At the eastern end of the area, 1m from the rear wall, were the remains of a foundation that had been partially exposed during earlier testing at the site by Richard Crumlish (No. 739, Excavations 2002). This was in a poor state of preservation and survived to one course only. It was 3.5m long and a maximum of 1.4m wide, although it was not of solid construction. At the southern end of the foundation a narrow breach had been lined with brick, possibly to facilitate a service pipe. The feature was recorded and preserved in situ, and no further excavation took place.