County: Westmeath Site name: Kilbeg 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A016/060; E2689
Author: Fintan Walsh, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 628821m, N 736718m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.379854, -7.566815
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 35m by 18m was opened.
Kilbeg 2 comprised a burnt-mound deposit defined by six charcoal-rich deposits with inclusions of heat-affected stone. Overall the deposit was 14m long, 8m wide and 0.5m deep. There was no evidence of a trough, hearths or associated features. No finds were discovered during the course 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.
