County: Galway Site name: Caherroyn
Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA084–034 Licence number: 08E0209
Author: Michael Tierney, The Archaeology Company Ltd, Hamilton House, Emmet Street, Birr, Co. Offaly.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 550716m, N 728678m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.306094, -8.739449
Testing was carried out in April 2008, as part of a pre-planning assessment of a proposed large-scale housing development on a 7.25-acre greenfield site. The site was located in Caherroyn townland, on the west bank of the Clarin River, c. 0.5km north-east of the medieval town of Athenry (GA084–001). A ringfort, GA084–034, was located c. 30m west of the site. The project surrounded an 18th-century manor house, Caherroyn House, the demesne wall of which formed part of the site boundary. Test-trenches were opened across the site, except in the densely wooded areas adjacent to the demesne walls. No finds, features or deposits of archaeological significance were uncovered during testing.
