County: Mayo Site name: Bracklagh
Sites and Monuments Record No.: MA063–020 Licence number: 06E1166
Author: Dominic Delany, Dominic Delany & Associates, Unit 3, Howley Court, Oranmore, Co. Galway.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 507161m, N 801927m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.958312, -9.414633
Pre-development testing was carried out on the site of an existing ESB substation at Bracklagh, Co. Mayo, on 8 December 2006. The development site is located immediately north-west of an enclosure which seems likely to be a cashel. The stone revetment is evident only on the west side of the monument, where it has been maintained as part of a boundary wall. Testing comprised the excavation of four trenches on the development footprint. Results from testing showed some modern disturbance to an otherwise natural stratigraphy. The topsoil had an average thickness of 0.35m and overlay orange clay with gravel inclusions. No archaeological material was uncovered.
