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In Area A Enclosure 6 (int. dims 17m NW-SE; 10m NE-SW) was outside Enclosure 2 on the NE side during Phase 2. It was defined by a single ditch (Wth 1.63m; D 0.54m) with a large opening (Wth c. 15.5m) at SW facing towards Enclosure 2. The ditch was cut by the N ditch of Enclosure 3 during Phase 2, and had a single fill with inclusions of animal bone, but the articulated skeleton of a dog was at its base. A sample from the dog returned a C14 date of 605-769 cal. AD (BETA 219003). The only artefact recovered was a flint convex end-scraper. (O’Hara 2009, 16-17; 2009a)
True location: ITM (695736, 753942)
See the attached plans from O'Hara (2009, figs 9, 44)
_2 Site plan;
_3 Phase 1
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 April, 2022
O’Hara, R. 2009 M3 Clonee - North of Kells, Contract 2 Dunshaughlin - Navan. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Roestown 2, Co. Meath. Licence: E003055. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
O’Hara, R. 2009a Early Medieval Settlement at Roestown 2. In Deevy, M. and Donald Murphy 2009 Places Along the Way, 57-82. NRA Scheme Monographs: 5.
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