County: Mayo Site name: NEWPORT ROAD REALIGNMENT SCHEME
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0699
Author: Bernard Guinan, Coosan, Athlone, Co. Westmeath.
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 511244m, N 799206m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.934581, -9.351646
The Newport road realignment scheme involves the construction of 3km of new road immediately west of Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Groundworks associated with this scheme are being monitored. Two burnt spreads were found during monitoring and these were excavated under licence 05E1056 (see No. 1119 above). Excavation is ongoing at the site of a windmill (SMR 78:10) at Drumshinnagh, under licence 05E0733 (see No. 1118 above). Work on this scheme is ongoing.
