County: Meath Site name: TANKARDSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 45:11 Licence number: 99E0581
Author: Finola O'Carroll, Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 703428m, N 750822m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.497229, -6.441143
This work was carried out as part of the ongoing monitoring of pipe-laying for the Ashbourne/ Ratoath/Kilbride Sewerage Scheme. A 2m-wide ditching bucket was used to trench along the verge parallel to the area where the ploughed-out ringfort was sited. Telecom lines and a stone-filled ditch disturbed the area. Modern china and crock were recovered but nothing of archaeological significance. Subsoil was reached at a depth of 0.35m and was a pale beige/yellow clay.
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