Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Calliaghstown (Kells Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Calliaghstown (Kells Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71684, -6.89966
- SMR number
- ME016-082----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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
Located in a slight basin on a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E1052) by G. Mcloughlin (2005) at Testing Area 1 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1194) identified archaeological features that were fully resolved (E003163) by S. Reilly in November 2006 as Calliaghstown 3. It consists of two pits c. 12m apart. The W pit is subrectangular (dims 2.2m N-S; 1.16m E-W; D 0.6m) and contained four fills of brown/grey sandy clays with varying amounts of stone and charcoal inclusions. It is interpreted as a rubbish pit, and the primary fill produced a C14 date of 430-617 cal. AD (Beta 247134) from a sample of cherry charcoal. A wide variety of wild species and cultivated cereals were amongst the charred remains in this layer as well as some cremated bone. The E pit was more irregular in form (dims 3.18m N-S; 2.4m E-W; D 0.16m) and had a single fill of brown/grey clay with frequent stones and charcoal flecks. No artefacts were recovered from either pit. (Reilly and Ginn 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 March 2022
References
Reilly, S., Kinsella, J. and V. Ginn 2008 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 5, Kells to North of Kells. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Calliaghstown 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003164. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
McLoughlin, G. 2005 M3 Clonee-North of Kells; Contract 5, Kells to North of Kells. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 1 in Calliaghstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E1052. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
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- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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