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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