County: Galway Site name: 2 Francis Street, Galway
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E0748
Author: Declan Moore, Moore Archaeological & Environmental Services Ltd, Corporate House, Ballybrit Business Park, Ballybrit, Galway.
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 529566m, N 725529m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.275408, -9.056042
Monitoring was carried out at No. 2 Francis Street, Galway, in July 2007. The proposed development entailed the construction of a new retail space on the ground floor and office spaces on the first and second floors in the alleyway between and behind the Blake and Kenny solicitors’ offices, which is a protected structure. Monitoring of the excavations in the yard exposed a dark-brown/black silty mortar-rich rubble with modern debris and some animal bone, roots, pottery and metal. Also partly exposed along the south wall was a stone-dressed drain. This drain was covered and left in situ. There were no additional features of archaeological significance noted in the site.
