County: Meath Site name: RATOATH: Curragha Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 98E0360
Author: Rosanne Meenan
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 702178m, N 752460m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.512185, -6.459437
The site lies close to the northern limit of the area of archaeological potential for Ratoath as defined by the Urban Survey. Four trenches tested the proposed location of a dwelling-house. Trench 1 exposed a layer of yellow clay within natural boulder clay at its west end; there were no inclusions within the yellow clay to suggest that it had been redeposited. The three other trenches exposed evidence of insertion of drainage channels around the development area. They were cut into the natural, dark grey-brown clay with much broken stone. No features of archaeological interest were exposed.
Roestown, Drumree, Co. Meath
