2005:1551 - GORTEEN (3), Westmeath
County: Westmeath
Site name: GORTEEN (3)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: A006/007
Author: Carmel Duffy, for V.J. Keeley Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 622879m, N 736561m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.378735, -7.656135
This site consisted of the remains of a possible burnt mound or fulacht fiadh, measuring 6m by 3.5m. The heat-affected stone in the deposit was over 90% shattered limestone. There were occasional orange sandstone fragments. The matrix consisted of black loose silt, with a very small amount of charcoal. There were no finds or features.