Ring-ditch

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight E-facing slope in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0919) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 8 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1309) that was excavated (E003136) by P. Lynch (2010) as Nugentstown 1 from late September 2006 to mid-January 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1360). Two large adjacent open areas amounting to 7641 square metres were opened enabling isolated features to be recorded in the western Area A. In Area A Structure 1 was a circular area (diam. 5m) defined by an slot-trench (Wth 0.3m; D 0.2m) that had a single fill of loose dark brown sandy silt. There was a gap in the trench (Wth c. 1m) at NE. There was no evidence of a hearth or any other features associated with it, but it is likely to have been a small hut-site. Although it produced no artefacts or other dating material it is likely to be Bronze Age in date. (Lynch 2010, 10-12)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 23 March 2022

References

Lynch, P. 2010 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 4, Navan to Kells and Kells Bypass. Final Report on Nugentstown 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003136. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

Roynane, J. 2005 M3 Clonee-North of Kells; Contract 4, Navan - Kells and Kells Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 8 in Nugentstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0919. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy