County: Mayo Site name: CASTLEBAR TO NEWPORT ROAD REALIGNMENT SCHEME
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0699
Author: Bernard Guinan
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 511244m, N 799206m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.934581, -9.351646
Three kilometres of new road were constructed as part of the R311, Castlebar to Newport road realignment scheme, in Co. Mayo. During the monitoring of groundworks associated with this scheme (Excavations 2005, No. 1129) six fulachta fiadh were found. Two of these (Drumshinnagh I and II) were excavated under licence 05E1056 (Excavations 2005, No. 1119). Two more (Drumshinnagh III and IV) were excavated under licence 06E1018 (see No. 1449, Excavations 2006). Two further fulachta fiadh, one located in Derrycoosh townland and a second in Drumshinnagh townland, at the limits of the land acquisition line, were preserved in situ. In addition, excavation was undertaken at the site of a recorded windmill (MA078–010) in Drumshinnagh townland under licence 05E0733 (see Excavations 2005, No. 1118, and No. 1448, Excavations 2006).
Coosan, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
