2009:400 - NUIG NEWCASTLE, Galway, Galway
County: Galway
Site name: NUIG NEWCASTLE, Galway
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 09E0377
Author: Caoimhe Ní Thóibín, for Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 529157m, N 726398m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.283169, -9.062366
Planning permission was granted for the construction of a new engineering building and associated energy centre and store. The development also provided 140 car-parking spaces, associated landscaping and all associated site works and services. Previous testing by Billy Quinn for the Moore Group in July 2008 recovered a Bronze Age halberd (Excavations 2008, No. 553, 08E0618). Monitoring took place between June and September 2009. No finds or features of an archaeological nature were noted during monitoring.