1998:525 - ROUGHGRANGE, Meath

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Meath Site name: ROUGHGRANGE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 20:28 Licence number: 98E0537

Author: Donald Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.

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.

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