County: Meath Site name: Rooske Road, Castlefarm, Dunboyne
Sites and Monuments Record No.: vicinity of ME050-021 and ME050-021005 Licence number: 20E0121
Author: Liam Coen, c/o Archer Heritage
Site type: Testing, no archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 701436m, N 714788m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.173889, -6.482700
The area subject to the test excavation concerned only the northern and eastern margins of the development site which had been subject to previous construction activity including the deepening of the Castle Stream channel and the construction of a foul sewer; some archaeological assessment undertaken in relation to the earlier project was within the site boundary (O’Hara 2003).
Eight trenches using a 16-tonne tracked excavator with a 2m grading bucket were excavated. Excavation proceeded in level spits no greater than 0.2m. All potential features identified within the trenches were tested to determine their archaeological nature, extent, composition and depth and to ascertain potential dating material. Much of the northern area was revealed to have been artificially raised with introduced rock and soil, probably associated with works to the Castle Stream. Extensive stretches of this introduced ground were left in situ as development proposals will have no impact at or below these levels.
No features, structures or objects of archaeological significance were identified during the course of the test-excavation.
Reference:
O’Hara, R. 2003 ‘Archaeological Assessment. River Tolka Flood Alleviation Scheme. Excavation Licence No. 03E0671’. Unpublished report prepared by ACS Ltd. on behalf of Meath County Council.
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