2025:753 - Freeheen, Mayo Abbey, Claremorris, Mayo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Mayo

Site name: Freeheen, Mayo Abbey, Claremorris

Sites and Monuments Record No.: NA

Licence number: 25E0768

Author: Patrick Walsh

Author/Organisation Address: Murneen South, Claremorris, Co Mayo.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 525998m, N 779865m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.763128, -9.122359

Archaeological testing was undertaken at Freeheen, Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo, in response to a requirement set by the local planning authority due to the large scale of the proposed development site. The site is located on the outskirts of Mayo Abbey village, within the townland of Freeheen (Fraoichín).
Fieldwork was carried out in October 2025. Nothing of archaeological significance was encountered during the testing.