County: Westmeath Site name: Carrick or Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR WM004-037 Licence number: —
Author: —
Site type: Graves ofindeterminate date
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 655470m, N 770239m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.678940, -7.160390
In May 1952 human remains were discovered during road-widening operations at the townlands of Carrick or Glenidan, near Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath,283 at a depth of approximately 0.45m below ground level. At least ten skeletons were discovered, all apparently in unprotected pits. According to the finder, road ganger Mr James Dobson, the graves were found in a row aligned on an east/west axis. An iron wood chisel (2004:73) and a U-shaped forged heel tip (2004:74) were discovered in the vicinity of the burials. There was apparently a local tradition of a priory having existed in the adjoining townland of Keenaghan. The human remains were not acquired.
283. Parish of St Mary’s, barony of Fore. SMR WM004-037——.
