Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland
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-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (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 Licence No. 18E0005, Unpublished report for Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy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 Unpublished report, Courtney – Deery.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
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.