2005:1136 - STRAIDE GROUP WATER SCHEME, Mayo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Mayo Site name: STRAIDE GROUP WATER SCHEME

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0265

Author: Bernard Guinan

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 511244m, N 799206m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.934581, -9.351646

The Straide group water supply scheme involved pipe laying in and around Straide, Co. Mayo, during the summer of 2005. The scheme was c. 7.5km long. Pipeline was laid within undulating pastureland, low-lying marsh, existing roadway and roadside verge. The pipeline was diverted away from seven monuments that would have been affected by the scheme. No archaeological artefacts or features were found during monitoring under this licence.

Coosan, Athlone, Co. Westmeath