County: Galway Site name: Ballyloughane, Renmore, Galway
Sites and Monuments Record No.: None Licence number: 12E0252
Author: Dominic Delany
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 513623m, N 724919m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.267570, -9.294856
Monitoring of topsoil removal was carried out on a development site at Ballyloughane, Co. Galway between 17 and 25 October 2018. The proposed development comprises a new playing pitch and public walkway/cycleway on a coastal site adjacent to the existing Liam Mellowes GAA club grounds at Renmore on the east side of Galway City. A geophysical survey was carried out at the site in February 2012 (McCarthy, 2012) and targeted pre-development testing was carried out in June 2013 (2013:548). Nothing of archaeological significance was found during testing. Monitoring of topsoil strip revealed a uniform stratigraphic sequence across the site with 0.2m of grey/brown sandy/clayey silt topsoil over 0.4m of orange/brown sandy/clayey silt subsoil over grey/white clayey sand boulder clay with frequent stone inclusions. The only finds were occasional pieces of modern pottery. No archaeology was found.
Dominic Delany & Associates, Creganna, Oranmore, Co. Galway
