2011:609 - FASSAGH AND GLEN, Westmeath
County: Westmeath
Site name: FASSAGH AND GLEN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: A060, E4361
Author: James Kyle, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 611448m, N 738926m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.400132, -7.827096
Testing was undertaken for a proposed motorway service area in the townlands of Fassagh and Glen. The proposed service area was located within a 10.3ha area on the northern and southern sides of the existing M6 Dublin to Galway motorway. The works were undertaken on behalf of Westmeath County Council and the National Roads Authority in May 2011.
A total of 5,873 linear metres were excavated within the greenfield and wetland location of the proposed service area (638 linear metres in the greenfield area and 9,423