County: Galway Site name: BULLAUN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0094
Author: Billy Quinn, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services, Corporate House, Ballybrit Business Park, Galway.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 563002m, N 722089m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.247885, -8.554350
Monitoring was carried out at Bullaun, Co. Galway, in March 2009. The work was undertaken on behalf of the client Ryan Hanley, for the Bullaun group water scheme Bundle 2, Contract 4.7, Galway GWS. The original assessment carried out in November 2007 by Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services Ltd identified a number of areas of archaeological potential that required mitigation in the form of both pre-development testing and monitoring.
Testing took place in March 2009 (see No. AD8 above). The three sections requiring monitoring were
located in the following areas: Area 1, Fartha townland along the Bullaun–Kiltullagh road in the vicinity of GA097–102, classified as a mound barrow.
Area 2, Bullaun townland along the Kilreekil road in the vicinity of GA097–013, classified as a ritual site, and Bellayarha townland in the vicinity of GA097–012, classified as an earthwork.
Area 3, Bullaun to Lackafinna South. This section will be constructed in existing roadway for the most part, including the R350 and adjoining minor roads. A section of c. 1km will be constructed in greenfield in close proximity to GA097–028, classified as an earthwork.
Monitoring work was undertaken in Areas 1 and 2 in March 2009. In Area 3, however, groundworks took place without the presence of a supervising archaeologist.
Excavation in both Areas 1 and 2 exposed a natural stratigraphy with no evidence of archaeological deposits or finds. An inspection of Area 3 subsequent to the installation of the pipework was obscured by machine tracks and infill. Notwithstanding this, no features or materials of archaeological significance were detected.
