County: Westmeath Site name: HALLSFARM
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A001/053
Author: Liam Mckinstry, 9 Ballantyne Place, Steamboat Quay, Limerick, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Prehistoric kiln or oven
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 633557m, N 733922m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.354453, -7.495933
The excavation at Site 3, Hallsfarm, was carried out in advance of the N6 Kilbeggan–Kinnegad road scheme. The site consisted of a heavily disturbed burnt pit or kiln. The feature was 1.55m in length, 0.91m wide and had a maximum depth of 0.36m. The fill, which was heavily disturbed by root action, was orange/red silty clay with occasional pieces of charcoal. The natural into which the kiln or oven was cut had been burnt in situ.
