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Field boundary

Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field boundary, Ratoath, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ratoath
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not inidcated
Coordinates
53.50787, -6.46873
SMR number
ME044-034018-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the W-facing slope of Ratoath but possibly outside the extent of the historic town. Archaeological testing (18E0005) and excavation of an open area (dims 22.5m x 10.5m) in advance of house-building identified a series of drainage ditches running NE-SW and generally parallel with likely burgage plots in the town. An oval pit (dims 1.1m x 0.8m; D 0.22m) with the remains of a calf and an occupation spread were recorded in an area (dims c. 40m NNE-SSW; c. 27m WNW-ESE) that had been a garden. All features contained medieval pottery and animal bones, and a large part of it will be preserved under a garden (excavations.ie 2018:003; 2018:315). (McLoughlin 2018, 2019)

Date of upload; 12 April, 2018
Amended: 15 April 2021

References

McLoughlin, G. 2018 Archaeological testing report, the Whitehouse, Ratoath, Co. Meath. Licence No. 18E0005, Unpublished report for Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy

McLoughlin, G. 2019 Final Archaeological Excavation Report, Dunshaughlin Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath. Licence: 18E0005. Unpublished report, Courtney – Deery. Archaeology & Cultural Heritage

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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