1998:525 - ROUGHGRANGE, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: ROUGHGRANGE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 20:28
Licence number: 98E0537
Author: Donald Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 701221m, N 771630m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.684580, -6.467650
Testing was carried out at Roughgrange, Donore, Co. Meath, in advance of a proposed extension to an existing dwelling. The site lies within the Boyne Valley complex of monuments. Five trenches were excavated across the extension and effluent treatment units. Boulder clay was uncovered under sod and topsoil at between 0.14m and 1.3m without encountering any archaeological features.