Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
Derver, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derver
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.76757, -6.99353
- SMR number
- ME010-049----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a steep S-facing slope of the River Blackwater valley, with a WNW-ESE section of the stream c. 370m to the S. Archaeological testing (04E1060) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 9 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological features that were completely excavated (E003186) by S. Rathbone in January 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1295) as Derver 2. It consisted of two pits (dims 1.2mx 1.04m; D 0.3m: 0.85m x 0.72m; D 0.07m) that were 8m apart, each filled with dark sandy clay with occasional small stones and frequent charcoal inclusions. A small part of the base of one pit was fire-reddened and they may have been hearths, although no artefacts were recovered and no radiocarbon dates are available. (Rathbone and Ginn 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3 March 2022
References
Bayley, D. 2005 M3 Clonee-North of Kells; Contract 5, Kells to North of Kells. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 9 in Derver, County Meath. Licence: 04E1060. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Rathbone, S. and V. Ginn 2008 M3 Clonee-North of Kells; Contract 5, Kells to North of Kells. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Derver 2, Co. Meath. Licence: E003186. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.