What is recorded here

Testing was carried out by David Bayley of Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd under licence No. E2672 as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N6 Kilbeggan to Athlone dual carriageway. The site was identified during testing undertaken by Fintan Walsh of IAC Ltd in August 2005 (A016/029). The site was excavated in February 2006. An excavation area measuring 15m by 15m was opened. Two furnaces containing iron slag in all fills were discovered. The first furnace was an irregular sub-oval-shaped bowl furnace measuring 0.28m in length by 0.92m in width. The second, a double bowl furnace, was sub-oval in shape and measured 0.98m in length (Bennett 2010, 572). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 09 November 2011

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