A well, marked on the Down Survey map from the 1650s was named as Peter’s Well on the first edition Ordnance Survey map and was listed as a Recorded Monument (GA103:084). Local information suggests that the well was backfilled about 100 years ago and that a nearby pool known as T
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Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd (IAC), funded by Galway County Council and the National Roads Authority (NRA), undertook an excavation under Ministerial Directions at the site of Ballyboy 1 along the proposed N18 Gort to Crusheen road scheme (Figure 1). The following report
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Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd (IAC), funded by Galway County Council and the National Roads Authority (NRA), undertook an excavation under Ministerial Directions at the site of Ballyboy 2 along the proposed N18 Gort to Crusheen road scheme (Figure 1). The following report
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The N17/18 Gort to Tuam PPP Scheme is approximately 57 km in length and will connect the N18 Gort to Crusheen Scheme (currently under construction) to the existing N17 road immediately north of Tuam. This overall scheme forms part of the Atlantic Corridor. The Atlantic Corridor i
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The N17/18 Gort to Tuam PPP Scheme is approximately 57 km in length and will connect the N18 Gort to Cusheen Scheme (currently under construction) to the existing N17 road immediately north of Tuam. This overall scheme forms part of the Atlantic Corridor. The Atlantic Corridor is
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The excavation of a charcoal-rich layer atop a gravel ridge at Caherweelder revealed an ironworking hearth or furnace which produced two Iron Age dates. A single chert piece, identified as a possible hone stone, was found, and along with a small but varied animal bone assemblage,
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The site was a recorded early medieval enclosure or cashel (GA113:121) which was depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of the area. The site was levelled and destroyed by land clearance in recent decades and was not visible above ground. The remains of a small 19th-ce
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This site consisted of a poorly preserved, Early Bronze Age, burnt mound. Three pits were excavated and all the fills of the pits contained large proportions of charcoal and heat-shattered limestone. A radiocarbon date of cal BC 1934–1773 were obtained from basal fill of a trough
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This was a previously known classic kidney shaped burnt mound which was listed as a Recorded Monument (GA103:083). The site was located within the lands acquired for the N18 Oranmore to Gort scheme and was fully excavated. The large mound consisted of a series of deposits consist
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The new road clipped the western edge of a burnt mound. The excavation revealed the presence of a large trough and a well. Both features were located below the remains of the burnt mound material. Two Late Bronze Age radiocarbon dates were obtained from basal fill of the trough (
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This was a small, porrly preserved burnt mound from which a Late Bronze Age date was returned. A shallow trough contained a number of stakeholes in the base of the pit. No finds were found. One Late Bronze Age date was returned from the basal fill of the trough.
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This report analyses the individual structures and researches the historical and social background of a clachan settlement, a portion of which was excavated, at Moyveela between 4 March and 12 April 2008. The five buildings and associated features excavated represents part of a l
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