County: Galway Site name: R942 Tuam Pavement Works (Area 2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA029-171 Licence number: 18E0267
Author: Tony Bartlett
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 543247m, N 752667m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.520905, -8.855826
Monitoring was undertaken of groundworks associated with the R942 Tuam Pavement Works, Tuam, Co. Galway, carried out by Galway County Council, with funding by Transport Infrastructure Ireland.
The R942 Tuam Pavement Works involved excavating and replacing the existing road materials to a depth of c. 0.5m, over a distance of c. 1900m, in the western outskirts of Tuam town, in the townlands of Townparks (First Division), Townparks (Second Division), Blackacre and Demesne.
The areas monitored were at two locations: Area 1 (Licence No. 18E0266) in the environs of the site of the former Abbey of the Holy Trinity (GA029-178) and St Mary’s Cathedral (GA029-179) in the townland of Townparks (Second Division); and Area 2 (Licence No. 18E0267) in the environs of a former ringfort with a cillín (children’s) burial ground (GA029-171) in the townland of Townparks (First Division).
This bulletin relates to the monitoring undertaken in Area 2. Road resurfacing groundworks involved the removal of the existing tarmac surface with a cold planer or rotomill to a maximum depth of approximately 0.2m. Thereafter a tracked machine with a toothless flat grading bucket was used to excavate the ground surface along the entire length of the monitoring area. Road resurfacing groundworks were excavated to a maximum depth of 0.5m into built-up overburden road material.
No archaeological features, deposits or artefacts were identified in Area 2.
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