County: Galway Site name: Furzypark
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: A024/3, E2553
Author: Brendon Wilkins, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 1, Wallingstown Business Park, Little Island, Cork.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 549349m, N 726498m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.286380, -8.759606
Excavation was carried out in advance of construction on the N6 Galway to Ballinasloe road scheme; the site was located 1.5km from the town of Athenry. Testing by Tom Janes in 2005 (Excavations 2005, No. 597) identified a heavily eroded burnt spread. Excavation revealed the burnt-mound material was 11.4m by 8.5m in width and a maximum of 0.44m in depth. Beneath the burnt-mound material a layer of clayey silt contained a concentration of prehistoric pottery. There were no negative cut features associated with the burnt mound.
The above work was made possible as a result of funding and cooperation from Galway County Council and the National Roads Authority
