2013:438 - CASTLEREA: St Kevin's GAA, Demesne, Roscommon
County: Roscommon
Site name: CASTLEREA: St Kevin's GAA, Demesne
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 12E0173
Author: Niall Brady
Author/Organisation Address: 2 Vale Terrace, Lower Dargle Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 567846m, N 780194m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.770347, -8.487735
Castlerea GAA Club proposes to make a new pitch on a green-field site that is part of a public park, overlooking the Francis River. Testing in March 2013 opened seven trenches. A stone-lined drain was uncovered in one instance. The drain was located in a linear sunken feature that crosses the site. The linear feature forms a distinct complex across the development area, and represents the route of a relict boundary and drainage network. Pottery and brick observed indicate a c. 19th-century date for the drain’s construction. The top surface of the drain was exposed and recorded.