County: Offaly Site name: Burrow/Glenanummer
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A016/052; E2678
Author: Tim Coughlan, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 623296m, N 737119m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.383729, -7.649820
Testing was carried out as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N6 Kilbeggan to Athlone dual carriageway. The site was identified during testing undertaken by Tim Coughlan of IAC Ltd in July 2005 (A016/029). The site was excavated in April 2006. An excavation area measuring 30m by 30m was opened.
The site consisted of a burnt mound/fulacht fiadh. A shallow rectangular trough with the remains of fragmentary timber lining was identified. The trough was c. 2.1m long, c. 1.13m wide and c. 0.23m deep. The mound material was thin and scattered, showing significant disturbance.
This work was funded by Westmeath County Council and the National Roads Authority.
Editor’s note: Although excavated during 2006, the report on this site arrived too late for inclusion in the bulletin of that year.
