2005:565 - BUNAVAN, Galway

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Galway Site name: BUNAVAN

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 61:17 Licence number: 05E0301

Author: Fiona Rooney, Arch Consultancy Ltd, Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 575598m, N 742291m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.430159, -8.367187

Pre-development testing was undertaken in compliance with a request for further information. The proposed development is located adjacent to a ringfort. The stratigraphy encountered in all three trenches was similar and consisted of sod and topsoil which overlay an orange/brown silty clay.