County: Galway Site name: Garraun South, Oranmore
Sites and Monuments Record No.: Not Applicable Licence number: 17E0006
Author: Billy Quinn
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 537344m, N 725311m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.274423, -8.939400
Testing was carried out at Garraun South, Oranmore on 23 January 2017 using a 12 tonne backhoe excavator with a 1.8m wide ditching bucket. There are no recorded monuments within the confines of the proposed development area, the nearest monument is a megalith (GA095-044-) located 250m to the west in the same townland.
Three trenches were excavated along the north-south axis with seven perpendicular offsets given a cumulative trench length of 486m.The testing programme exposed a largely natural stratigraphy with evidence of modern dumping to the west of the site. No finds were recovered nor were there any deposits or features of archaeological potential noted.
Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services Ltd. No 3 Gort Na Ri, Athenry, Co. Galway
