County: Galway Site name: Clifden Sewerage Scheme
Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA035-062 Licence number: 13E0381
Author: Martin Fitzpatrick
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 465906m, N 750686m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.489083, -10.020694
Monitoring of ground disturbance associated with the Clifden sewerage and network upgrade was undertaken over several months from December 2013. The works involved the excavation of trenches in the centre of the town and roads leading from the centre to the north, east and west. The purpose of the excavations was to divert existing services, replace the sewer and upgrade the network. The installation of tanks in three areas was also monitored. Clifden is a 19th-century town founded by John D'Arcy and today is a tourist hub in Connemara. A number of stone culverts were uncovered on Market Street and Bridge Street while faint traces of a cobbled surface were revealed between Bridge Street and Hulk Street and on Beach Road. On Market Street a number of clay pipe fragments and a coin dated to 1916 was recovered from the fill.
New Line, Athenry, County Galway
