County: Mayo Site name: BALLINROBE DEMENSE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0934
Author: Richard Crumlish
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 517957m, N 763864m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.618166, -9.240055
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the construction of a dwelling-house and domestic garage, with connection to public services, was carried out in Ballinrobe Demesne townland, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, on 23 July 2003. The proposed development was 90m from a possible stone circle (SMR 118:134). The site was a field of pasture and rock outcrop.
The site development works consisted of the stripping of the driveway, house and garage. The stratigraphy consisted of topsoil above orange/grey/brown friable silt loam (natural subsoil) and bedrock, which outcropped in places. One sherd of modern pottery and one rusted horseshoe were recovered from the topsoil.
61 An Cladrach, Castlebar Road, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
