2017:545 - ATHENRY, Galway
County: Galway
Site name: ATHENRY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA084-001006
Licence number: C000808; E004855
Author: Anne Carey
Author/Organisation Address: 80 Portacarron, Ballymoneen Road, Galway
Site type: Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 550383m, N 728020m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.300147, -8.744350
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the installation of a new external stairs was carried out under Ministerial Consent at Athenry Castle, a National Monument. Three trenches were manually excavated to the east of the castle, with two of the trenches facilitating the erection of the new stairs and the third trench accommodating access to the stairs. Excavation in all trenches achieved a depth of 0.3m and a highly mixed topsoil only was revealed. No features of archaeological significance were discovered.