2022:853 - Roevehagh, Galway

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Galway Site name: Roevehagh

Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA095- 141---- Licence number: 22E0286 22R0125

Author: Fiona Rooney

Site type: Adjacent to megalithic tomb

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 550252m, N 727789m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.298059, -8.746279

The archaeological excavation of four test trenches was mechanically excavated. The trenches were excavated in spits and the material spread out. No features and/or finds of archaeological significance were encountered during the course of the testing. A metal detection device was utilised to further facilitate the detection of any metal artefacts.

Archaeological monitoring of excavations was carried out  from 4-8 November, 2022 . No features and/or finds of archaeological significance were revealed.

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