County: Westmeath Site name: Ballinderry Big 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E3276; A016/077
Author: Patricia Lynch, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Single pit feature
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 631612m, N 735208m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.366124, -7.525020
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 (A016/029). An excavation area measuring 40m by 40m was opened in April 2006 at Ballinderry Big 2.
The site consisted of a single pit measuring c. 0.4m long by c. 0.34m wide and c. 12.5m deep, which contained evidence of in situ burning. The basal fill consisted of charcoal-enriched clay, but there was no evidence of charcoal pieces. The feature occurred in isolation and did not produce any diagnostic finds.
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.
