2005:1344 - RATHCAVE, Roscommon

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Roscommon Site name: RATHCAVE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: RO022-142 Licence number: 05E0385

Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 580031m, N 781016m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.778344, -8.302953

The proposed development is to consist of a single house, access, garage, septic tank and percolation area. A ring-barrow is located c. 100m to the north. Five trenches were excavated across the site in April 2005. All measured 10m by 1.5m and were excavated to a depth of 0.35–0.4m. No archaeological activity was detected.

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