County: Galway Site name: Eanach Dhuin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 18E0285
Author: Richard Crumlish
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 528393m, N 738071m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.387944, -9.076460
Pre-development testing of a site in advance of its development at Eanach Dhuin townland, close to the shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, was carried out on 24 May 2018. The proposed development, which was in the pre-planning phase, consisted of the construction of a dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system.
The testing was necessary as the proposed development was located within the constraint for an archaeological complex (RMP No. GA069-001), now a redundant record, which included the medieval ecclesiastical site at Annaghdown. The proposed development site was located in a field of pasture, to the west of which were two recently constructed dwellings, the groundworks for which were monitored by the author (under Excavation Licence Numbers 16E0512 and 17E0560). Nothing of archaeological significance was in evidence at either site.
The testing consisted of the excavation of four trenches which measured 84.8m, 10.4m, 25m and 20.5m long respectively; 1.85-2.0m wide and 0.35-0.85m deep. The testing revealed topsoil above natural subsoils. The topsoil contained a small number of modern finds. Nothing of archaeological significance was in evidence,
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