County: Mayo Site name: Shrule
Sites and Monuments Record No.: MA122A008-(01), (02), (03) Licence number: 12E422
Author: Richard F. Gillespie (Mayo County Council)
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 527938m, N 752717m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.519479, -9.086653
The excavation area follows the line of a new storm drain from the N84 road at Shrule, Co Mayo to the Black River beside Shrule Bridge. The pipe trench was excavated through a landscaped grass margin outside the modern boundary wall of Shrule Castle and a small carpark beside the river. The whole area proved to be extensively disturbed by services ranging from a 19th-century drain to electrical cables. Nothing of archaeological interest was identified by this testing.
Westport Rd. Castlebar, Co. Mayo
