County: Mayo Site name: DERRYRONAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: MA072-097001 Licence number: 04E1404
Author: Dominic Delany, Dominic Delany & Associates
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 539926m, N 797431m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.922756, -8.914582
Test excavation was carried out on the site of a proposed dwelling at Derryronan, Co. Mayo, on 25 October. The development site lies within the area of archaeological constraint around a settlement and burial (possible). A tracked excavator fitted with a wide toothless bucket was retained to open four trenches on the footprint of the proposed development. Grey/brown silty sand topsoil, 0.35m deep, overlay yellow/brown silty sand subsoil and patches of grey/white and red/brown silty sand. No archaeological material was discovered.
Unit 3, Howley Court, Oranmore, Co. Galway
