2002:1881 - KINNEGAD 5, Westmeath
County: Westmeath
Site name: KINNEGAD 5
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 02E0933
Author: Deirdre Murphy, ACS Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth
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.