2023:747 - Jamestown, Ratoath (Phase 2), Meath
County: Meath
Site name: Jamestown, Ratoath (Phase 2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 22E0120
Author: Marc Piera
Author/Organisation Address: c/o IAC Ltd, Unit G1 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 702359m, N 750758m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.496856, -6.457280
Archaeological testing of Phase 2 took place on the 28 March 2023 at Jamestown, Ratoath, County Meath to study the impact, if any, on the archaeological and historical resource of permitted development. A geophysical survey undertaken on the 22 March 2023 within the area did not identify any potential archaeological anomalies. Testing was carried out using a mechanical excavator fitted with a flat, grading bucket. A total of six trenches were mechanically investigated across the test area which measured 680 linear metres in total.
The topsoil consisted of a pale to mid-brown silty stone-free clay that varied in depth from 0.35–0.42m. The underlying natural subsoil consisted of a pale, yellow-grey sticky soil with occasional stoney areas. A north-east/south-west aligned agricultural field drain and some associated perpendicular field drains were noted within Trench 1.
The archaeological testing also revealed nothing of archaeological potential.
