County: Meath Site name: RATOATH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 44:34 Licence number: 02E1854
Author: Aidan O’Connell, ACS Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 701050m, N 754916m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.534471, -6.475656
An assessment was undertaken at the site of a proposed housing development at Ratoath, Co. Meath. The development is partially within the zone of archaeological potential of the historical town. A total of 38 trenches, measuring 30–100m, were excavated on 18 and 19 December 2002 with the aid of a mechanical excavator. The sod and topsoil had an average depth of 0.33m and lay directly above the natural clays and gravels exposed on-site. No archaeological features or deposits were exposed, and a number of post-medieval and modern pottery sherds were recovered from the sod and topsoil.
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