2002:1513 - RATHMULLAN 11, Meath

Two oval pits were exposed during the monitoring of topsoil-stripping associated with the construction of the northern ramp of the proposed toll plaza at Rathmullan, Co. Meath.

Both pits had been filled with a black/dark grey loam containing frequent inclusions of angular and heat-shattered stone and are likely to represent outlying pits from a potential fulacht fiadh that lay outside the site to the north or south. Pit F004 had been cut by a post-medieval/modern field drain, oriented north-east/south-west. No finds were recovered during the excavation, although a single piece of animal bone was recovered from the base of F004.