2019:654 - CLONMINCH, Offaly
County: Offaly
Site name: CLONMINCH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 19E0658
Author: Aidan O'Connell, Archer Heritage Planning
Author/Organisation Address: 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 634740m, N 723270m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.258644, -7.479340
An archaeological assessment was undertaken for the Clonminch Masterplan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Test excavations were undertaken on a c. 9.2ha site following geophysical survey (19R0209) by J. Leigh. A total of 43 test trenches with a combined length of 4135 linear metres were excavated within the site. A single archaeological site was recorded in the course of test excavation. This was a ploughed-out fulacht fiadh located at the north-west of the site with overall dimensions of 15m north-south by 10m.