2020:396 - GALWAY: Townparks, 'Bowling Green', Galway
County: Galway
Site name: GALWAY: Townparks, 'Bowling Green'
Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA084-100042-
Licence number: 20E0591
Author: Frank Coyne, Aegis Archaeology Limited
Author/Organisation Address: 32 Nicholas St, King's Island, Limerick V94 V6F7
Site type: Historic town
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 529666m, N 725295m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.273317, -9.054492
Four trenches were excavated across the site in advance of development. The site was previously subject to a desk-based archaeological impact assessment. Archaeological features were noted during the testing. The Town Wall and the archaeological layer known as the ‘Galway Layer’ were identified on the site.