County: Galway Site name: CARNMORE WEST
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A024/1.8
Author: Bruce Sutton, Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 542091m, N 728090m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.299942, -8.868742
Machine testing was undertaken as part of Contract 1 of the N6 Galway–Ballinasloe road scheme (Phase 1 testing). The site was identified initially as the remains of a ploughed-out enclosure (SMR 83:8). It is marked on the first-edition OS map. An area of 2400m2 was machine-stripped around the location of the possible enclosure, with a further 1600m of machine trenches positioned to locate any additional features. Nothing of an archaeological nature was identified during Phase 1 testing works. 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.
Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
