County: Galway Site name: CREGGAREE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: MA120-053 Licence number: 11E0365
Author: Tamlyn McHugh
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 514782m, N 755685m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.544177, -9.285795
Pre-development testing was undertaken at the location of the proposed development of a restaurant and craft shop and associated services at Creggaree, Cong, Co. Galway, which is in the vicinity of protected structure Cong Canal and within the area of archaeological constraint established around MA120-053 (Town).
Testing was carried out on 20 October 2011 in the footprint of the proposed structures. Test trenches were excavated in the existing gravel driveway that provides access to the existing dwelling on the site. Further trenches were excavated to the east and west of the driveway through lawn cover and garden beds. Each trench was mechanically excavated using a machine equipped with a 0.5m-wide grading bucket. The depth, width and length varied in each trench, depending on constraints such as the presence of underground services, trees and walls. Eight trenches in total were opened and all were excavated to the underlying substrate. No archaeological material was uncovered in any of the test trenches. There was no evidence uncovered of the former store yard associated with the construction of the Cong Canal that had previously occupied the site.
68 Ashthorn Avenue, Headford, Co. Galway
