Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Kilkeelan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilkeelan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64768, -6.94815
- SMR number
- ME023-025----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 gently undulating landscape. A gradiometer survey (17R0082) by J. M. Leigh Surveys identified numerous potential archaeological features in an extensive area (c. 20 ha). Targeted archaeological testing (17E0354) by David Murphy of many of these proved that they are either natural or agricultural in origin (excavations.ie 2017:148). Two potential archaeological areas were identified and probed. This is a concentration (diam. 4m plus; T 0.1-0.2m) of heat-shattered stone in matrix of black charcoal-rich sandy silt. It is recommended that it be preserved in situ. (Murphy 2017, 51-3)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 September 2021
References
Murphy, David 2017 Proposed Solar Farm, Kilkeelan, Athboy, Co. Meath. Archaeological Testing Report. Licence: 17E0354. Unpublished report, John Cronin & Associates
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.