County: Galway Site name: CAHERGOWAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0864
Author: Martin Fitzpatrick, Arch. Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 535890m, N 732739m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.340996, -8.962697
Monitoring was undertaken of topsoil-stripping of the development site and the excavations for a proposed hotel which is in the vicinity of a towerhouse and ecclesiastical remains at Cahergowan, Claregalway. Over most of the site a natural subsoil and marl underlay the topsoil, with a grey sandy gravel underlying topsoil in the north of the site. The excavations for the proposed hotel ranged from 1.2 to 1.8m in depth and the stratigraphy comprised topsoil overlying a natural subsoil, which in turn overlay a natural sandy gravel layer. No features of archaeological significance were encountered.
Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway
