2016:406 - CAHERGAL, Galway
County: Galway
Site name: CAHERGAL
Sites and Monuments Record No.: In vicinity of GA044-024, ringfort
Licence number: 15E0406 (Ext)
Author: Billy Quinn, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services
Author/Organisation Address: 3 Gort na Rí, Athenry, Co. Galway
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 548280m, N 747275m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.472972, -8.779048
Monitoring of the western perimeter of the proposed school site at Cahergal took place on 30 August 2016 in dry and bright conditions. Topsoil stripping was carried out by a 30-tonne backhoe excavator. Monitoring was recommended in this area due to its proximity to the ‘zone of archaeological potential’ of GA044-024. Groundworks exposed a mid-brown silty clay overlying natural clay, there was no evidence of the fosse for the ringfort extending into the proposal site. There was no archaeology found.