County: Clare Site name: DRUMGEELY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0227
Author: John O’Connor, ADS Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 539228m, N 661465m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.700908, -8.899153
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the construction of an e-campus/business park at Shannon was carried out intermittently from 14 February to 28 May 2005. There are no known archaeological sites on the development area, but there is a concentration of sites directly to the north of the townland of Drumgeely. A total of thirteen raths, enclosures and mounds are recorded in the adjacent townlands of Ballymurtagh and Caherteige.
Topsoil-stripping was done initially by a machine with a toothless bucket and later with a bulldozer. Nothing of archaeological significance was revealed during this phase of the works. Works are scheduled to restart in 2006.
Windsor House, 11 Fairview Strand, Dublin 3
