2005:564 - SITE 2.15, BRUSK, Galway

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Galway Site name: SITE 2.15, BRUSK

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A024/24

Author: Tom Janes, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 1, IDA Industrial Estate, Wallingstown, Little Island, Co. Cork.

Site type: Brick clamp kilns

Period/Dating:

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.