County: Galway Site name: Tullagh Upper
Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA105–192 Licence number: 08E0601
Author: Dominic Delany, Dominic Delany & Associates, Unit 3, Howley Court, Oranmore, Co. Galway.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 560546m, N 716535m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.197798, -8.590468
Test excavations by hand took place at Tullagh Upper townland on the western outskirts of Loughrea town on 14 July, 2008. Three test-trenches were opened along the length of a curving bank which had been observed in the course of compiling an archaeological assessment to accompany a planning application. The bank feature coincides with the location of GA105–192, but not with the description contained in the monument file. Testing was proposed to clarify the nature and extent of the feature. Three trenches, each measuring 2m by 1m were opened along the length of the curving bank. Stone which appeared on the surface was found to survive to a maximum of two courses, the basal layer being natural outcrop. It was concluded that the feature was a remnant ad-hoc bank which had utilised and augmented limestone outcrop to demarcate an area of the field. No related features were found. Modern finds were retrieved from Trench 2.
