2016:326 - ATHENRY: Farranablake East, Galway
County: Galway
Site name: ATHENRY: Farranablake East
Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA084-027
Licence number: 16E0165
Author: Kate Taylor, TVAS (Ireland) Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
Site type: Enclosure - large enclosure
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 550340m, N 726870m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.289809, -8.744815
Test trenching was carried out in advance of a nursing home extension. The site is partially located on top of ringfort GA084-027, which is also truncated by a road. A single test trench was excavated and this revealed that, despite severe truncation, the base of the ditch of the ringfort survives within the development site. Full excavation is recommended.