2002:1901 - SYONAN (BGE 1B/83/1), Westmeath

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Westmeath Site name: SYONAN (BGE 1B/83/1)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0618

Author: Bernice Molloy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.

Site type: Burnt mound

Period/Dating: Undetermined

ITM: E 627376m, N 740093m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.410263, -7.588249

This site was on low-lying land on the margins of a shallow bog. There was a wide stream c. 5m to the south. The site measured 8.5m (east–west) by 8m and was 0.05–0.1m deep. The deposit consisted of angular, fragmented, burnt stone in a black/brown, sandy, silty clay. The mound was considerably disturbed. On excavation, no cut features were noted beneath the mound.

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