County: Westmeath Site name: LACKAN, Multyfarnham
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0036
Author: Ruth Elliott, Judith Carroll & Co. Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 637657m, N 765405m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.628210, -7.432740
Monitoring was conducted at Lackan on 30 June 2001 on the site of a residential development adjacent to a ringfort and souterrain (SMR 6:70). The original plans involved the construction of two houses, House 2 within the ringfort and House 1 just over 10m to the south. Testing carried out by Sylvia Desmond in 1999 (Excavations 1999, No. 872) concluded that House 2 would significantly affect the ringfort and souterrain. However, no archaeological material was uncovered in the area of House 1. Topsoil-stripping in the area of this house and its associated entranceway did not reveal any archaeological finds, features or deposits.
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