Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Simonstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Simonstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68947, -6.69358
- SMR number
- ME018-040----
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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
Situated on a fairly level landscape. Archaeological monitoring (98E0352) of topsoil stripping over an area of about 38 hectares (c. 95 acres) by C. Ó Drisceoil identified six areas of potential archaeological importance consisting largely of pits filled with charcoal and burnt stones (excavations.ie 1998:526). In Area 6 a spread of broken and burnt stone was identified which it was possible to exclude from disturbance and it was not included in excavations (12E0311) later conducted by P. D. Sweetman (2012) (excavations. ie 2012:660).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 March 2023
Ó Drisceoil, C. 1998 Archaeological Test-excavations at Simonstown, Co. Meath. Licence: 98E0352. Unpublished Interim Report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
Sweetman, P. D. 2012 Report on Archaeological Assessment, Monitoring and Excavation at Simonstown, County Meath, August-September 2012. Licence: 12E0311. Unpublished report, Author
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.