2005:1594 - RATHNEW, Westmeath

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Westmeath Site name: RATHNEW

Sites and Monuments Record No.: WM024-067 Licence number: 05E0870

Author: Frank Coyne, Aegis Archaeology Ltd.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 629484m, N 748612m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.486707, -7.555738

Test-trenching was carried out to the rear of a lodge dwelling at Rathnew, Uisneach, in advance of development. The site is located within the zone of archaeological potential for an ancient road. Four trenches were excavated on the site. Modern inclusions including gravel, brick and slate were found in the trenches. Nothing of archaeological significance was identified.

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