County: Galway Site name: BRUSK (Site 2.15)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A024/24
Author: Tom Janes, Headland Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Kiln - brick
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 554760m, N 724729m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.270966, -8.678214
This site had been highlighted as an area of high archaeological potential, based on the results of geophysical survey. Phase 1 testing confirmed the presence of three possible brick clamp kilns, identified through geophysical survey, and a possible associated well. The work was commissioned by Galway County Council National Roads Design Office and sponsored by the National Roads Authority.
Unit 1, IDA Industrial Estate, Wallingstown, Little Island, Co. Cork
