2005:1573 - KNOCKAVILLE, Westmeath

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Westmeath Site name: KNOCKAVILLE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0441

Author: John Purcell

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 649710m, N 748033m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.479983, -7.251101

Test-trenching was carried out as part of the planning schedule for a single-house development adjacent to an earthwork at Knockaville, The Downs. A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger at the house site, entrance and percolation area. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed.

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