County: Galway Site name: Church Street, Athenry
Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA084–001 Licence number: 07E0482
Author: Fiona Rooney, Arch Consultancy Ltd, Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway.
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 550070m, N 727782m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.297985, -8.748993
A proposed commercial development at Church Street, Athenry, required pre-development testing as a condition of planning permission. The development site is within the medieval town of Athenry and involved the demolition of an existing structure and construction of a new building. A single trench was excavated as part of the testing. The stratigraphy consisted of fill overlying bedrock, with 20th-century bottle and ceramic fragments recovered from the mixed fill. The recording of bedrock level at such a height within the town is interesting, as previous archaeological work in the vicinity did not reveal such a level.
