County: Westmeath Site name: MULLENMEEHAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 24:77 Licence number: 02E1730
Author: John Channing
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 620816m, N 746654m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.469520, -7.686473
The line of the proposed relief water-supply pipeline from Ballymore to Moate, Co. Westmeath, ran through a possible 17th-century house site. This site was originally marked on the Down Survey maps. A relatively modern, c. 19th-century farmyard now occupies the site. The surrounding land is good, level pastureland. There are no traces of any earthworks etc. in the fields near the farmyard.
The line of the pipe was relocated to the eastern side of the road, away from existing cut-stone farm buildings. These buildings have been repaired and reroofed over time and may incorporate earlier structures relating to the Down Survey.
A single test-cutting was excavated in the area of potential in the footprint of the proposed pipeline cut. Testing and subsequent monitoring did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological significance.
17 Rowan House, Sussex Road, Dublin 4
