County: Mayo Site name: Kilbree Lower
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 10E0452
Author: Richard F. Gillespie (Mayo County Council), Westport Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Site type: Natural mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 506364m, N 786026m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.815318, -9.421921
This area of archaeological potential was tested at a pre-planning stage to assess the impact of the proposed N5 in this area. This area was identified in the draft EIS for the proposed N5 Westport to Turlough road scheme as a ‘mound (natural) in bog’ (AP–3). As this prominent feature within low-lying peat may have been a focus for archaeological activity, it was appropriate to test it to assess what mitigation measures may have been required.
The test area consists of an irregular, roughly oval-shaped raised area in low-lying marshy ground which measures 80m by 40m and is a maximum of 2m higher than the surrounding ground surface. A series of test-trenches were excavated to previously undisturbed subsoil across the area and nothing of archaeological significance was identified.
