2025:052 - St Mary's Square, Athlone, Westmeath
County: Westmeath
Site name: St Mary's Square, Athlone
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WM029-042
Licence number: 25E0047
Author: Niall Gregory / Gregory Archaeology
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 604375m, N 741451m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.423154, -7.934178
Archaeological monitoring of Uisce Éireann water services occurred within the public realm of St Mary's Square between 15 January and 12 March 2025.
The single 48m long trench achieved depths of 0.8m to 1.8m. The exposed stratigraphy consisted of road surfaces and bedding layers, which sat directly on natural glacial sand and gravels.
No archaeology was encountered.