Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - Neolithic
Kilmainham (kells Upper By., Teltown Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmainham (kells Upper By., Teltown Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71128, -6.85354
- SMR number
- ME017-087005-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The Late Neolithic (c. 2800 BC - c. 2500 BC) is represented by this possible rectangular house (Structure VI), and another house, Structure V, c. 80m to the W on the other side of the ridge. This structure (dims 6m E-W; 2m N-S) is on the E-facing slope of the spur, and is represented by three of its four corner posts, the other being removed by a later pit. It has no other features associated with it and only one chert platform flake was recovered from one of the postholes, which also provided a C14 date of 2870-2490 cal. BC (SUERC 29343) placing it in the Late Neolithic. Two small pits (diam. 0.44-054m; D 0.1m) c. 2m to the S are probably contemporary with it and one of them produced 17 sherds of Grooved ware. An intact Grooved ware pot had also been set in a soft sandy subsoil c. 10m SW of the structure. The only other indication of pure Late Neolithic activity is a small pit outside the NW wall of the Early Neolithic house Structure 3 that had two sherds of Grooved ware. (Walsh 2011, vol. 1, 47-9)
See the attached plans adapted from Walsh (2011, vol. 2, figs 6, 7, 14)
ME017-087_1 Site plan;
ME017-087_2 Contour plan;
ME017-087_4 Location;
ME017-087005-_1 House plan;
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 March 2022
References
Walsh, F. 2011 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 4, Navan to Kells and Kells Bypass. Final Report on Kilmainham 1C, Co. Meath. Licence: E003140. Unpublished report, 2 vols, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
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