County: Wicklow Site name: RATHMORE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0656
Author: Eoin Halpin, ADS
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 728223m, N 700233m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.037381, -6.088041
As part of the mitigation strategy developed for the sites identified during the environmental impact assessment for the proposed new N11 road scheme in County Wicklow, certain sections of the route were re-walked as part of a reassessment survey. A number of new sites were discovered, the locations of which were on the projected road line and therefore under threat from the development. Many of these sites were only tentatively identified from the field observations and it was proposed that a series of follow-up test excavations should take place to ascertain the nature, date and extent of any archaeology associated with these sites.
The site at Rathmore was identified as a possible trackway associated with a rath site atop a nearby hill to the east of the present route of the N11. However, testing proved that the site is in fact of modern construction, being composed of crushed concrete and stone.
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