1994:218 - MULLINGAR: Austin Friar St. (Site A), Westmeath

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Westmeath Site name: MULLINGAR: Austin Friar St. (Site A)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 94E0037

Author: Rosanne Meenan

Site type: Burial

Period/Dating: Undetermined

ITM: E 644041m, N 753022m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.525319, -7.335795

This site is located on the south side of Austin Friar St., close to the probable site of an Augustinian priory. Previous disturbance and testing north of the street had revealed the existence of human burials. Nine human burials were found in the test trench, the highest at 400mm, the lowest at 800mm below the present street level.

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