County: Westmeath Site name: DELVIN: Ballyhealy Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0813
Author: John Purcell
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 659951m, N 762773m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.611364, -7.094006
Testing was required as part of the planning schedule for the construction of two houses near a motte (SMR 14:4). Trenches were excavated along the proposed development. A trench excavated at the south-eastern end of the development revealed a feature at the east of the trench. This feature was irregular in shape and was excavated into the natural gravelly sand; the fill was a silty dark-brown soil with small stones, occasional charcoal and animal bone. The feature extended into the baulk at the north-west and the visible area measured 1.96m in length and 0.75m in width. The excavation of the trench was halted to await further instruction from the DOE.
17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon's Cross, Cork
