County: Westmeath Site name: Curries 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A016/041; E2669
Author: Patricia Lynch, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt spread and pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 618263m, N 737325m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.385778, -7.725458
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 the writer in August 2005 (A016/029). The site was excavated in March 2006. An excavation area measuring 15m by 15m was opened.
The site consisted of a burnt spread which measured 1.31m long by 1m wide and 0.01m deep, a charcoal-rich pit with dimensions of 1.6m long by 1.15m wide and 0.14m deep, an isolated pit and numerous plough furrows. 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.
