County: Galway Site name: CARROWROE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: RO040-051
Author: James B. O’Hara
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 589152m, N 763210m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.618601, -8.163962
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the construction of a new sewage treatment plant and percolation area was undertaken within the curtilage of Carrowroe House on 6 and 7 September 2011. Monitoring was required owing to the proximity of the proposed development to RO040-051, a deserted settlement.
The stratigraphic sequence remained uniform across the entire site, consisting of a layer of topsoil, 0.35–0.45m deep, overlying undisturbed mid-brown, orangish silty clay subsoil. No features, finds or deposits of archaeological significance were noted.
Midlands Archaeological Services, 23 Congress Terrace, Longford.
