County: Westmeath Site name: RATHNEW
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 24:67 Licence number: 05E0870
Author: Frank Coyne, Aegis Archaeology Ltd, 16 Avondale Court, Corbally, Limerick.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
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.
