County: Galway Site name: Lakeview
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 16E0291
Author: Ed Danaher
Site type: Possible prehistoric pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 537360m, N 732290m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.337137, -8.940537
The OPW carried out flood relief works around Claregalway, Co. Galway in 2016. Monitoring was carried out during topsoil stripping of a c.160m long and 10m wide corridor along the west end of a GAA pitch in Lakeview Td. There are no previously recorded archaeological monuments in the immediate vicinity of the site.
Monitoring revealed six oval pits cut into the glacially deposited natural subsoil. Topsoil sealed all the archaeological features. The pits ranged in size from 0.5m to 1.2m wide and 0.2m to 0.9m deep. Each has evidence of in-situ burning/fire-reddened clay in their base, and each contained dark grey to black silty fills. No artefacts were recovered from the fills of these pits. All the features were recorded and excavated. Charcoal samples have been sent for analysis and radiocarbon dating. Pending radiocarbon dates these features are assumed to be part of a prehistoric settlement which may extend beyond the footprint of the development.
AMS Consultancy, Unit 1, Hector Street Mills, Kilrush, Co. Clare.
