County: Galway Site name: Cloonanearla to Ballyaneen North
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 12E107
Author: Billy Quinn
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 547187m, N 705462m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.097125, -8.788562
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the Ballyaneen element of Contract 8 of the Galway Group Water Scheme was carried out in May 2012. The scheme had been the subject of a Cultural Heritage Assessment in March 2012 that had identified two areas of archaeological potential. These two areas were in the vicinity of a ringfort (GA0123-011) at Ballyaneen North and a tower-house (GA0123-019) at Ballylee; both these areas were subject to full time monitoring. All the groundworks took place along the verge of existing roadways, typically excavation was carried out by an 8 tonne mini-digger to a depth of 1.1m by 0.55m wide. In both areas the road surface overlay a brown silt with frequent stone and limestone bedrock. No finds or features of archaeological significance were identified during the course of the works.
Moore Archaeological & Environmental Services Ltd (MOORE GROUP), 3 Gort Na Rí, Athenry, Co. Galway.
