County: Westmeath Site name: ATHLONE: Jolly Mariner, Brick Island
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0388
Author: Bernice Molloy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 603942m, N 741537m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.423933, -7.940690
This site was located to the north-east of the zone of archaeological potential for Athlone (SMR 29:42), on the eastern bank of the River Shannon. Given the proximity of the site to the Shannon, an important fording point and a focus of settlement, trade and ritual activity since the prehistoric period, assessment of the site prior to construction was required on foot of a planning application. Six test-trenches were excavated within the development area in April 2005. Nothing of archaeological significance was found.
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