County: Westmeath Site name: Curries 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E2670; A016/042
Author: Patricia Lynch, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Three pits and curving ditch
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 618371m, N 737335m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.385864, -7.723834
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 40m by 28m was opened.
The site consisted of numerous charcoal-rich pits, possible hearths and plough furrows which truncated the site. A single pit with slag inclusions providing evidence of metalworking was also recorded. This isolated feature is located adjacent to the western limit of 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.
