County: Mayo Site name: BENGEERY GROUP WATER SCHEME
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0110
Author: Bernard Guinan, Coosan, Athlone, Co. Westmeath.
Site type: Monitoring
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 511244m, N 799206m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.934581, -9.351646
Bengeery group water scheme project involved pipe-laying in the townlands of Mullenmore North, Bengeery, Ballymalynagh and Ballybrinoge, c. 1km south of Crossmolina in north Co. Mayo. The scheme involved the laying of c. 3.2km of water pipe to service houses, farms and water troughs. The pipeline diameter varied from 20mm connections to a maximum of 90mm. Pipe-laying took place in road verge, within roads and in fields. No archaeological finds, features or deposits were encountered during monitoring.
