County: Meath Site name: RATHMULLEN (Site 15/16)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0914
Author: Emmet Stafford, for Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 707248m, N 773168m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.697191, -6.375922
At the time of writing, excavation of this prehistoric site on the Drogheda Bypass is ongoing. Thus far excavation has revealed occupation evidence tentatively dated to the Early Bronze Age in the form of a round house measuring 13.5m in diameter. A second circular structure situated c. 100m to the west measures c. 6.5m in diameter and may date to the Neolithic. Metalworking evidence, as yet not fully excavated, is of uncertain date. Because much of the site has not yet been investigated, a more extensive summary will be included in next year’s publication.
6 Gurteen, Millpark Road, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
