2013:498 - RATHWIRE: Rathwire Lower, Westmeath
County: Westmeath
Site name: RATHWIRE: Rathwire Lower
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 13E0160
Author: Aidan O’Connell
Author/Organisation Address: 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 657609m, N 751018m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.505994, -7.131571
Testing for the site of a proposed new school in Rathwire, Co. Westmeath was carried out in a 1.62ha green field. Ten trenches with a total length of 706m were excavated. Subsoil consisted of coarse sand and gravel with patches of a mid to light orange brown stiff clay. No archaeological features were recorded.