County: Galway Site name: DEERPARK (Site 2.12)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A024/18
Author: Tom Janes, Headland Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 553560m, N 725029m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.273558, -8.696243
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 an earthen bank and associated ditch, identified through geophysical survey, and a possible associated cobbled surface. Three areas of hand testing and seventeen machine-dug trenches were opened. A number of sites of archaeological interest were identified.
Area A contained a mound with associated ditch and the remains of a cobbled surface, which may represent an enclosed yard. It is likely that they represent the remnants of structures connected to the Galway Blazers. No artefacts were retrieved which would allow a date to be assigned.
In Area B, no structure was apparent, but the remains may represent part of a collapsed superstructure. The full extent of the possible pit was unknown but is likely to relate to a subcircular feature evident in the geophysical survey.
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
