Prehistoric and Medieval site, Platin quarry, Co. Meath

Extensive archaeological material has been recovered at Platin quarry. This material has given a unique view of life at different periods in antiquity and displays the relationships between peoples and and their material cultures with the natural environment.

Both prehistoric and medieval material is represented in the sites identified. The prehistoric material, barrow and fulachta fiadh (Sites 0, 2, 3 and 4) have been provisionally dated to the Bronze Age, and the medieval material (Site 1) to the 13-14th Century AD.

The earliest material identified comprises two hollow scrapers dating to the Neolithic period. Excavations in Field 5 show potential prehistoric farming characteristics. It appears that tree clearance (or vegetation removal) in antiquity has caused successive phases of topsoil erosion and deposition sealing strata of Bronze Age activity. At Platin Quarry Bronze Age settlement evidence is represented in the structures and the exceptional fulachta fiadh uncovered.