County: Meath Site name: RAYSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1353
Author: Hilary Opie, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 704109m, N 751361m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.501936, -6.430706
Monitoring of a series of test-pits was carried out along the route of the proposed N2 Finglas– Ashbourne Road Scheme, in counties Dublin and Meath (No. 590, Excavations 2002, 02E1353).
One test-pit, TP421, Chainage 14140, had very deep topsoil and lower topsoil layers, with undisturbed subsoil being reached at 1–1.2m below the ground surface, suggesting that it may be of archaeological significance. It was situated near a large complex of enclosures and ditches, as indicated by the geophysics survey, which also suggests that it may be archaeologically significant. It is possible that this test-pit encountered the infilled remains of a ditch. Although the site could not be positively identified as of archaeological importance, this area remains of potential significance, and further investigation would be required to establish the exact nature of the activity here.
Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
