County: Galway Site name: BALLYNAKILL/MOYARD
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0724
Author: Tamlyn O’Driscoll, Moore Archaeological & Environmental Services Ltd, Corporate House, Ballybrit, Galway.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 465320m, N 757342m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.548716, -10.032385
Monitoring was carried out in various townlands as part of the Galway group water schemes Contract 4.1, Ballynakill/Moyard group water scheme. The work was undertaken for Ryan Hanley Consulting Engineers on behalf of Galway County Council. The proposed development entailed the improvement of water-treatment facilities and distribution networks for water supplies between Toreen, Crocknaraw and Crocknaroe, Co. Galway. Monitoring was to take the form of regular site inspections with a full-time presence on a section of peatland to the south of the proposed line. This methodology was altered due to deterioration of ground conditions as a result of high levels of persistent rainfall. The pipe was rerouted along the verge of the road to the east, an area that had been previously disturbed. In the townland of Toreen the pipeline was excavated in existing roadway in the vicinity of GA022–074, The Giants Grave, an unclassified megalith.
Monitoring was carried out in December 2009. Generally works involved the mechanical excavation of a 1.2m-deep by 0.6m-wide trench to accommodate a 0.2–0.3m pipe.
