County: Galway Site name: Coololla
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: E002447
Author: John Tierney, Eachtra Archaeological Projects, Ballycurreen Industrial Estate, Kinsale Road, Cork.
Site type: Limekiln
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 578457m, N 728554m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.306833, -8.323227
This was one of several excavations undertaken for Galway County Council and the National Roads Authority which form part of a wider excavation programme undertaken within c. 15 km of the proposed N6 Galway to Ballinasloe dual carriageway scheme (Contract 4).
An area of c. 400m2 was stripped of topsoil and then hand cleaned. The archaeology consisted of two limestone extraction pits, a shallow bowl-shaped limekiln with associated flue and a peat storage area. There was no artefact assemblage from this site.
