Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
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
- 53.71152, -6.85587
- SMR number
- ME017-087010-
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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
Three hut-sites, a stone platform or cairn, some pit-burials and this burnt mound can be dated to the Early Bronze Age. This feature is Burnt mound 2 and is located towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of the hillock W of the S-N spur, and it is c. 50m W of a hollow with a seasonal pond. A possible trough was identified in a large pit (dims 3.2m x 1.5m; D 0.4m) with three hollows in its base. It was filled with a charcoal- rich burnt mound deposit (dims 6.3m NE-SW; 5.4m NW-SE; T 0.4m) that extended off to the SW. Some of the charcoal was vitrified, indicating very high temperatures, and a sample of alder charcoal from the trough yielded a C14 date of 2573-2472 cal. BC (UBA 12925). A larger spread (dims 15m E-W; 5m N-S; T 0.15m) of grey sandy silt with 10% charcoal overlying a light grey silty clay with 10% charcoal just S of the trough is probably connected with it. A contemporary feature is probably the large pit located just NE of the platform A (ME017-087012-) and is described with it. (Walsh 2011, vol. 1, 50-1)
See the attached plans adapted from Walsh 2011 (figs 6, 7, 15)
ME017-087_1 Site plan;
ME017-087_2 Contour plan;
ME017-087_5 Location;
ME017-087010-_1 plan;
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 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 Unpublished report, 2 vols, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Platformunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.