County: Westmeath Site name: LOUGHANSTOWN LOWER
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 11E078
Author: Dermot Nelis
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 631196m, N 769223m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.671820, -7.527890
The development at Loughanstown Lower, Rathowen, involved the construction of a 30m-high lattice telecommunications/3G support structure, carrying six panel antennae and four RT link dishes, with associated telecommunication cabinets and equipment located at ground level. The site compound measured 15m x 15m maximum. An existing farm track was upgraded and did not require excavation, with the exception of a small area where it was widened to approximately 10m.
Excavation of three test trenches within the land-take of the development failed to reveal either archaeological features or artefacts. In all trenches topsoil directly sealed geologically deposited strata.
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