2007:1917 - Lynn, Westmeath

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Westmeath Site name: Lynn

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 07E0106

Author: Fran Wilkinson, Tempus Archaeology, Cregg, Craughwell, Co. Galway.

Site type: Corn-drying kiln and associated features

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 643141m, N 750873m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.506077, -7.349661

The excavation was undertaken in advance of development involving construction of the N52 Clonmore link road. Excavated features included a corn-drying kiln of possible late first/early second millennium ad date. Adjacent to this were four post-holes, a subrectangular pit and potential work area. Several pieces of flint and chert debitage were also recovered.