County: Westmeath Site name: Ballinderry Little 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E2695; A016/067
Author: David Bayley, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Possible burnt spread
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 630202m, N 735976m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.373110, -7.546135
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 Patricia Lynch in July 2005 (A016/029). An excavation area measuring 15m by 15m was opened in April 2006.
The site comprised a shallow pit which measured c. 1.1m long, c. 0.75m wide and c. 0.2m deep. No dating material was recovered. The site is of little archaeological significance.
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.
