2023:074 - Killarecastle, Ballinea, Westmeath
County: Westmeath
Site name: Killarecastle, Ballinea
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WM024-053
Licence number: 23E0277
Author: Deirdre Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth. A92 DH99.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 628000m, N 748400m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.484877, -7.578126
The site at Killarecastle, Ballinea, Co. Westmeath, was archaeologically assessed by the excavation of two test trenches within the site, each measuring 1.8m in width with a total of 30m of linear trenches excavated. The test trenches were
excavated to the natural subsoil, which consisted of a light yellow-brown silty clay. No archaeological features or deposits were identified within the excavated trenches. Consequently, no further archaeological work is
recommended at this site.