County: Westmeath Site name: LYNN (Site A)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WM026-005–7 Licence number: 04E0250
Author: Robert O'Hara, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 642941m, N 750537m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.503075, -7.352721
An assessment of the proposed route of the Mullingar bypass (Lynn-–Marlinstown section) was requested by Westmeath County Council. Site A is in the townland of Lynn, originally Lann mic Luacháin (church of the son of Luachan), derived from the early 7th-century monastic settlement on the shore of Lough Ennell. The site is dominated by the imposing remains of SMR 26:7, a multivallate enclosure situated alongside the existing Old Lynn Road.
Twenty-four test-trenches, with a combined length of 660m (resulting in a total excavated area of 1419m2), were excavated across the total area of Site A. No archaeological features were recorded and no finds were noted within topsoil deposits.
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