County: Galway Site name: CAHERBRISKAUN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A024/1.9
Author: Bruce Sutton and John Lehane, Valerie J. Keeley Ltd, Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny.
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 544939m, N 727868m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.298247, -8.825979
Machine testing was undertaken as part of Contract 1 of the N6 Galway–Ballinasloe road scheme (Phase 1 testing) to ascertain the date and extent of the remains of pre-famine structures and an associated field system that is to be partially destroyed during the course of the construction of the dual carriageway. The testing aimed to examine several geophysical anomalies that corresponded well with structures shown on OS mapping. Work on site revealed no physical remains of these structures nor cultivation patterns. No further work is proposed at the site.
The work was commissioned by Galway County Council National Roads Design Office and sponsored by the National Roads Authority. RPS-MCOS Ltd acted as principal consultants for the scheme.
