Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Rath (ratoath By., Cookstown Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath (ratoath By., Cookstown Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52673, -6.41701
- SMR number
- ME039-014----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the top of a SW-facing slope with a low ridge extending off to the NW and a small W-E canalised stream or ditch c. 240m to the SW. Archaeological excavation (03E1214) by H. Schweitzer between March and October 2004 in advance of the northern section of the N2 by-pass around Ashbourne on site 27 involved the complete excavation of six areas numbered from the S with Area 6 on the NE side of the original N2 road. Features recorded in Area 5 include this completely excavated ditch-barrow with the barrow (ME039-015----) c. 4m to the N, and barrow (ME039-013----) c. 20m to the SSE (Schweitzer 2009, 22).
This is a circular area (int. diam. 2.15m; ext. diam. 5.75m) defined by the shallow remains of a fosse (Wth c. 0.8m; D c. 0.08m) that was filled with a silty sand which had occasional charcoal inclusions. There were no features within the ditch and no artefacts were recovered from this severely truncated monument (ibid. 25).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3 March 2021
References
Schweitzer, H. 2009 N2 Finglas-Ashbourne Road Scheme. Report on Archaeological Excavation of Site 27. Rath, County Meth. Licence No. 03E1214. Unpublished report, CRDS
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