County: Galway Site name: LOUGHREA
Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA105–150 Licence number: CO00157, E2468
Author: Martin Fitzpatrick, Arch Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 562175m, N 716646m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.198914, -8.566093
Monitoring of broadband installation was undertaken over a period of four months from July 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 Loughrea town. The trenches were excavated in the vicinity of the town wall and in the streets surrounding the town centre. Manual excavations in the area of the possible town gates/walls at Dunkellin Street and Main Street revealed no traces of these features. Excavations throughout the remainder of the town revealed no features of archaeological significance. The stratigraphy indicated that the areas had previously been disturbed with pipes, cables and services encountered throughout.
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