County: Sligo Site name: BARNAROBIN/CARTRONWILLIAMOGE/CARTRONMORE/KEELTY/BALLYNAGALLIAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0355
Author: Richard Crumlish
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 568869m, N 843015m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.334895, -8.478668
Monitoring of the Castletown Group-Water Scheme was carried out between 8 April and 28 June 2002. The scheme involved the laying of a pipeline, c. 6km long and 100mm in diameter, and included two intakes (100mm in diameter), a reservoir (5m in diameter) and a plant house (4m by 3m). The impact assessment had recommended monitoring of those sections of the pipeline in the vicinity of monuments, of which there were seven, SMR 8:50, 8:52, 8:54, 8:55, 8:56, 8:73 and 8:76. It also recommended monitoring of topsoil-stripping in the greenfield areas for the construction of the plant house, intakes and reservoir. The trench excavated for the pipeline was 0.5–0.8m wide and 1.0–1.4m deep.
One feature, a fulacht fiadh, was uncovered during monitoring. This was excavated by Christopher Read (No. 1652, Excavations 2002, 02E0805).
61 An Cladrach, Castlebar Road, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
