County: Galway Site name: Ballinasloe
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 06E0733
Author: Martin Fitzpatrick, Arch Consultancy Ltd, Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway.
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 584882m, N 730969m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.328762, -8.226947
Monitoring of broadband installation was undertaken over a period of five months from August 2006. The work involved the excavation of a trench 0.55–0.6m wide and 0.8m deep to facilitate the installation of broadband cables in the area of Ballinasloe town. The trenches were excavated in the streets surrounding the town centre and outlying roadways. A fragment of a cut stone recovered from a trench excavated close to the town centre was the only find of archaeological significance. The stratigraphy throughout indicated previous disturbance, with pipes, cables and services encountered throughout.
