2020:002 - Bellayarha North, Galway

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Galway Site name: Bellayarha North

Sites and Monuments Record No.: Adjacent to GA097-012 Licence number: 20E0035

Author: Fiona Rooney

Site type: Adjacent to enclosure

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 564709m, N 721923m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.246503, -8.528768

Test trenching was carried out in the area of a proposed development site located partially within the Zone of Notification/Archaeological Potential of enclosure GA970-02. The archaeological assessment recorded no features above ground in the area of the proposed development associated with the recorded monument. Testing revealed no features and/or finds of archaeological significance. The stratigraphy encountered was comprised of natural layers of sod and subsoil overlying the natural grey gritty clay.

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