County: Westmeath Site name: Kilbeg 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A016/059; E2688
Author: Tim Coughlan, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mound, trough and pit features
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 628294m, N 737006m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.382470, -7.574708
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, IAC Ltd, in July 2005 (A016/029).
The site was excavated in March 2006. An excavation area measuring 20m by 20m (400m2) was opened.
The site at Kilbeg 1 consisted of a burnt mound/fulacht fiadh, a trough and a shallow pit. The trough was 2.65m long, 1.9m wide and 0.15m deep. The burnt-mound deposit was 9m long, 6m wide and 0.1m deep. No finds were recovered during the excavation process.
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.
