2004:0681 - DRUMHARSNA NORTH, Galway

Pre-development testing was undertaken in compliance with a request for further information at Drumharsna North, Kinvara, near a ringfort site and children’s burial ground. Four trenches were mechanically excavated. In Trench A sod and topsoil 0.2m deep overlay a grey sandy gravel. Approximately 5.1m from the west end of the trench a dump of field stones was uncovered. This material extended for a length of 7.5m and had a maximum depth of 0.7m. The stone was local limestone, which had been dumped into a roughly round-bottomed cut that was excavated into the natural gravel layer. A second cut filled with field stones was uncovered to the east of the first cut. This cut was 1.9m in width and 0.5m deep. In Trenches B–D natural sand and gravel layers lay directly below the topsoil. No features of archaeological significance were encountered in the course of testing.