County: Mayo Site name: KILLALA
Sites and Monuments Record No.: MA022–018 Licence number: 06E0172
Author: Anne Carey
Site type: Habitation site
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 519614m, N 829359m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.206839, -9.232205
Trial-trenching was carried out in the yard of the stable block of the former Killala Union Workhouse, which had been established in 1851 in the former Bishop’s Palace, also known as ‘the Castle’, on the southern edge of Killala town, in advance of a planned redevelopment of the site. Four trial-trenches were excavated. Limited remains of cobbled surfaces were discovered in two of the trenches, but ground disturbance was extensive in all four trenches and nothing of further archaeological significance was noted.
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