County: Galway Site name: Ballynacourty
Sites and Monuments Record No.: GA103-029 Licence number: 22E0035 extension
Author: Jacinta Kiely
Site type: Adjacent to a ringfort
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 536805m, N 718812m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.215960, -8.946191
Monitoring of ground disturbance works associated with the construction of a single house site in Ballynacourty, Co. Galway was undertaken. The house site is located in a field immediately west of ringfort GA103-029. The ground slopes to the west. Stripping of all topsoil from the area of the house, paths, garage, entrance and road was monitored. No archaeological stratigraphy, features or artefacts were recorded.
Eachtra Archaeological Projects, Lickybeg, Clashmore, Co Waterford