2022:342 - JAMESTOWN, Ratoath, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: JAMESTOWN, Ratoath
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 22E0120
Author: Marc Piera, c/o IAC Archaeology
Author/Organisation Address: Unit G1 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 702459m, N 750862m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.497771, -6.455739
Archaeological testing was undertaken at Jamestown, Ratoath, Co. Meath. This report follows on from a desk-based assessment carried out by Dr Yolande O’Brien of Courtney Deery Archaeology & Cultural Heritage in 2019.
A total of 5 trenches were excavated measuring c. 313 linear meters. Aerial photography has shown that Field 1 has been heavily disturbed in recent years. Testing revealed one area of archaeological significance, which has been designated as Archaeological Area 1 (AA1). It comprises a cluster of three pits, one of which may be interpreted as a trough. All of the features identified during testing are associated with a fulacht fiadh/burnt mound site. Characteristic charcoal-rich deposits and burnt stone inclusions were recorded within the fills.
All identified features in AA1 are to be preserved by archaeological excavation (preserved ‘by record’).
