County: Offaly Site name: AD40. Russagh 3
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A016/058; E2684
Author: Ellen O’Carroll, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt spread and pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 626432m, N 737551m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.387463, -7.602657
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 Yvonne Whitty of IAC Ltd in July 2005 (A016/058). The site was excavated in March 2006. An excavation area measuring 15m by 15m was opened.
The site consisted of a possible burnt spread and a series of shallow pits. The burnt spread was 9.7m long, 7m wide and 0.08m deep and contained charcoal-flecked clay and fragments of red brick. The pits were both 1m wide and 0.2m deep and contained charcoal-flecked clays. No finds were recovered during the course of the excavation.
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.
