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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The sites excavated at Barnacragh E2446 comprised a burnt mound, trough, stake-holes and a pit. Charcoal yielded an Early Bronze Age date, in common with material from other burnt mound sites nearby. This is one of five Bronze Age sites excavated along this portion of the new roa
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This report comprises the final excavation report for a site found at Mackney, Co. Galway, during archaeological testing within the lands acquired for the new N6 Galway to Ballinasloe dual carriageway road scheme (O’Donoghue et al. 2006, Figure 1). The site comprised both prehist
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This report presents the results of an excavation at a ringfort in the townland of Loughbown, Co. Galway. The excavation was undertaken by Eachtra Archaeological Projects for Galway County Council and the National Roads Authority and forms part of wider archaeological excavatio
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This site was discovered during archaeological testing prior to construction of the new N6 Galway to Ballinasloe road. A post-medieval building was interpreted as a water-powered forge, probably used as a spade mill. The lime kiln at was also post-medieval, with evidence for lim
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The site excavated at Mackney E2445 represented the remains of Middle to late Bronze Age occupation, with potential evidence for a structure made from timber uprights. The excavated features included a hearth, post-holes and pits. There were no artefacts from the site to com- ple
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This report presents the results of an eight-month excavation of a large, denuded and partly destroyed ringfort in the townland of Mackney, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. The excavation was undertaken by Eachtra Archaeological Projects for Galway County Council and the National Roads
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The sites excavated at Urraghry E2449 comprised a burnt mound, trough, stake-holes a gully and a palaeochannel. Charcoal yielded an Early Bronze Age date, in common with material from other burnt mound sites nearby. This is one of five Bronze Age sites excavated along this portio
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The sites excavated at Cooltymurraghy E2448 comprised a burnt spread which was cut by a later water channel. Although there was no trough associated with the spread, the site was in- terpreted as a burnt mound and charcoal yielded an Early Bronze Age date, in common with material
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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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