County: Westmeath Site name: Abbey Lane, Athlone
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0107
Author: Martin E. Byrne, Byrne Mullins & Associates, 7 Cnoc na Gréine Square, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare.
Site type: Urban post-medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 604997m, N 740227m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.412154, -7.924826
Testing was undertaken in the area of a proposed development situated at the eastern side of the present Abbey Lane, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. It is speculated that the line of the 17th-century earthen rampart defences ran along the western side of the lane.
Machine excavation of three trenches took place within the boundaries of the property. Testing revealed a 0.55m layer of fill overlying a moderately compact light-brown sandy clay typical of the general area. No features or artefacts of archaeological interest were uncovered.
