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Settlement cluster

Balrath Demesne, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Settlement cluster, Balrath Demesne, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Balrath Demesne
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.69681, -6.90707
SMR number
ME016-062002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight N-facing slope. A geophysical survey (09R207) identified numerous potential archaeological features in a development site of about 18 ha (c. 45 acres). Archaeological testing (09E0544) confirmed that a concentrated area of features (dims c. 200m E-W; x c. 150m N-S) constituted a medieval settlement area. It comprised numerous ditches in rectilinear patterns. It is largely within a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 130m NW-SE; c. 80m NE-SW) defined by ditches (Wth 2-4m; D 0.3-1m) with stone structures at its centre.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 4 April, 2019

References

Walsh, F. 2012 Balrath Demesne: Prehistoric ring-ditch, pits and medieval settlement. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2009: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 162-3, No. 632. Dublin, Wordwell

Walsh, F. 2010 Archaeological Assessment at Balrath Demesne, Co. Meath. Licence No. 09E0544. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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