2002:1378 - BROWNHALL DEMENSE, Mayo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Mayo Site name: BROWNHALL DEMENSE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 90:48 Licence number: 02E1286

Author: Declan Moore, Moore Ltd.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 523407m, N 782878m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.789831, -9.162385

The proposed development comprises the construction of 57.3km of overhead lines from Castlebar, Co. Mayo, to Cloon, south-west of Tuam, Co. Galway (No. 702, Excavations 2002, 02E0956). At Brownhall Demesne, Co. Mayo, it was proposed to erect a set of double poles near an enclosure. Testing was carried out on 23 August 2002. A single trench was excavated at the proposed location of the pole set. Topsoil and sod directly overlay a mottled grey/orange boulder clay. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted.

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