What is recorded here

A woman aged 32 to 42 lies at the crest of an Ardagawna hillock, buried in a shallow cut no deeper than twenty-eight centimetres. She belongs to the broad span of 1514 to 1648, separate from the nearby ring-ditch and corn-drying kiln, yet possibly contemporary with three scattered pits. The road works revealed her in 2007, pulling a private life from obscurity just before the landscape changed again.

At the crest of a hillock. Archaeological excavation (E3270) during 2007 at Ardagawna 1 as part of the Athlone to Ballinasloe M6 road development revealed the single inhumation of a female aged 32-42 in a shallow grave cut (dims 1.55m E-W; 0.38m N-S; D 0.28m). It produced a C14 date of Cal. AD 1514-1648 and is unassociated with the ring-ditch (RO052-031001-) c. 50m to the S, or the corn-drying kiln (RO052-031002-) c. 40m to the SW. The three pits (RO052-031005-), within 15-40m to the E and W may be contemporary. (Ó Séaghdha 2010a; 2010d, 10-11, 37-47) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 25 November, 2013

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