County: Galway Site name: Newford
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 17E0632
Author: Martin Fitzpatrick
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 549875m, N 727110m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.291922, -8.751826
The development involved the construction of an upgrade to a water treatment plant in the townland of Newford, on the outskirts of Athenry. Conditions 6 of the grant of Planning permission (Planning Ref. 16/799) recommended monitoring of ground disturbance associated with the development. The monitoring was undertaken over a period of 15 days between December 2017 and May 2018. Excavations for the replacement of the existing inlet works , a storm bank, aeration tank, clarification tanks, a sludge storage tank and all ancillary work were monitored. Nothing of archaeological significance was encountered with the stratigraphy indicating made-up ground overlying natural silt.
Old Church Street, Athenry, Co. Galway
