County: Westmeath Site name: Killynan (Pratt) 4
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 16E0162
Author: Brendan Fagan
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 652375m, N 757090m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.561103, -7.209447
Archaeological excavation took place at Killynan (Pratt) 4, located along the route of the N52 Cloghan to Billistown Road Improvement Scheme: Phase 1 - Cloghan to Turin in County Westmeath.
Excavations at Killynan (Pratt) 4 identified the remains of a single trough and a spread of burnt mound material indicative of burnt mound/fulacht fiadh activity. Three additional features were identified within the vicinity of the trough; these were subsequently investigated and found to be natural depressions/stone sockets which had been filled with burnt mound material.
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