County: Westmeath Site name: SITE A, LYNN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 26:5-7 Licence number: 04E0250
Author: Robert O'Hara, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
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 Luach‡in (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.
