This report gives an account of the archaeological excavation of a site identified at Correlstown (County Westmeath OS six-inch sheet 27, 527mm from the west margins and 265mm from the south margin, NGR 255852, 247530). Correlstown is located to the north west of Kinnegad and
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The site was identified during test trenching in advance of development. An area of land measuring c.100m by c.50m was stripped of topsoil and the features exposed were identified as relating to two distinct periods of activity. Area 1 contained an enclosure dit
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A total of seven phases were identified on site. The first was identified as a Neolithic metalled surface which may represent a working or walking surface. This had been partially cut by a foundation trench for a possible sub-circular shaped Neolithic structure. The infant burial
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Two fulachta fiadh complexes were exposed to the east and west of a post medieval field boundary (F004) and indicate at least two phases of activity on site. A total of twenty-two pits, two possible troughs, one trough, two possible postholes and one linear feature were exposed w
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The principal feature on the site was detected during test trenching. The resolution of the site involved the stripping of topsoil from a considerable area and a number of features were identified. Two rectangular pits have tentatively been identified a
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The site exposed at Kilsharvan 5 was identified as a Middle-Late Bronze Age structure. It was constructed from a number of curved slot trenches (F002,F004,F007, F009, F015, F017). The roof would have been supported by a number of pits/postholes exposed in the centre of the struct
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This report describes the results of an archaeological excavation that took place in September 2002 as part of the resolution of the archaeology exposed during testing along the route of the M4 Kinnegad–Enfield–Kilcock motorway improvement scheme. Apart from two ditches, which we
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Archaeological test trenching was carried out in advance of construction along the route of the proposed M4 Kinnegad-Enfield-Kilcock Motorway Scheme. In February 2002 during centreline testing of the motorway carried out by Ian Russsell under licence 02E0108 of Duchas The Heritag
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Archaeological test trenching was carried out in advance of construction along the route of the proposed M4 Kinnegad-Enfield-Motorway Scheme. In February 2002 during centreline testing of the proposed route carried out by Ian Russell under licence 02E0108 of Duchas, The Heritage
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The archaeological potential of the site was recognised during test trenching. In the process of resolving the site, a substantial area of ground within the road take was stripped of turf and topsoil. A series of features was identified and excavated. Although some of the feature
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Archaeological test trenching was carried out in advance of construction along the route of the proposed M4 Kinnegad-Enfield-Kilcock Motorway Scheme. In February 2002 during centreline testing of the Donadea road re-alignment carried out by Donald Murphy under licence 02E102 of
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Due to the realignment of the main Edenderry Road as part of the Kinnegad–Enfield–Kilcock M4 project, archaeological testing took place which identified a number of possible archaeological features. Designated collectively as Rossan 2, this was a site composed of two distinct are
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