County: Westmeath Site name: KINNEGAD 5
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0933
Author: Deirdre Murphy, ACS Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 659440m, N 745567m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.456810, -7.104996
Testing was carried out before construction of the proposed M4 Kinnegad–Enfield–Kilcock Motorway Scheme. In February 2002, during centre-line testing of the motorway carried out by Ian Russell (No. 1876, Excavations 2002, 02E0108), three possible pits were identified. The site was designated Kinnegad 5 and was excavated in July 2002. A large area was stripped of topsoil to a depth of 0.4m. No features of archaeological significance were encountered, and it is possible that three features caused by root activity were incorrectly interpreted as pits.
Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth
