County: Mayo Site name: Gortnafolla, Castlebar
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 23E0520
Author: Maeve McCormick
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 521092m, N 793224m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.882429, -9.200174
Test excavation was undertaken on 27 June 2023 on a site at Gortnafolla, Co. Mayo. Three trenches measuring a total of 160 linear metres (320 sq. m) were excavated. Trenches were positioned at locations agreed in advance with the NMS. Each trench was inspected for archaeological remains and all trenches were reinstated on completion.
Topsoil & sod (C1) is a dark brown, friable, silty-clay, humic layer with frequent stones. Across the site this layer measures from 0.05-0.25m in depth. This overlay a subsoil of light orange-brown moderately compact silty-clay which had frequent large stones throughout and patches of protruding bedrock and gravel. There were no additional layers recorded.
Nothing of archaeological significance was recorded during the course of the works.
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