Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ratoath
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.51053, -6.47283
- SMR number
- ME044-044002-
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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
Located at the NW end of a NW-SE spur and within the E part of enclosure (ME044-044001-). This is a circular feature (diam. 9m) defined by a continuous ditch (Wth 0.3-0.6m) with a U-shaped profile that was filled largely with silty clays. There is some evidence of burning, and burnt bone and a fragment of a blue glass bead where recovered. The excavator regards this as a house structure although there was no hearth or entrance. A number of pits are in the area, some of which could be interpreted as kilns. (Dehaene 2004, 2007)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 September 2020
References
Dehaene, G. 2007 1328. Licence: 04E0218. Dunshaughlin Road, Ratoath: Multi-period. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 339-40. Dublin, Wordwell
Dehaene, G. 2004 Archaeological Monitoring Report, Proposed Residential Development, Dunshaughlin Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath. Licence No. 04E0218. Unpublished report, Arch-Tech
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.