County: Westmeath Site name: CLOONBONNY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: RMP 29:34 Licence number: 01E0678
Author: Bernice Molloy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 606594m, N 737484m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.387482, -7.900868
Cloonbonny is approximately 3km to the south-east of Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The site is in an area of low-lying land at the base of a natural hillock. It was tested in advance of the construction of the gas pipeline from Ballough, Co. Dublin, to Goat Island, Co. Limerick. The gas pipeline ran east–west through the constraint area of the site of a castle. The way-leave for the gas pipeline in this area is 60m in width to allow for tunnelling under the railway which runs perpendicular to the pipeline and through the constraint area of the monument.
Six test-trenches were excavated by machine across the way-leave in the constraint area of the monument to the east and west of the railway line. The two trenches to the west of the railway line revealed nothing of archaeological significance. The four to the east of the railway revealed a series of curving linear features and charcoal spreads. Further excavation was recommended. This took place under an extension to the original licence. The features were found not to be of archaeological significance.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
