Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Phoenixtown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Phoenixtown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68558, -6.80392
- SMR number
- ME024-029002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0926) by S. Keith (2005) at Testing Area 3 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1311) that was excavated (E003130) by E. Lyne (2010) as Phoenixtown 3 from November 2006 to March 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1369). Two areas were opened, amounting to 5500 square metres in total.
In Area A two small pits (diam. 0.36-0.38m; D 0.06m: diam. 0.45-0.47m; D 0.08m), 1.5m apart, produced 13 sherds from a vase food vessel, but there is no mention of bone. A sample of hazelnut shell from the smaller pit provided the C14 date of 1745-1628 cal. BC (UBA 1110), placing it in the Middle Bronze Age. A single posthole c. 12m to the NW is thought to be related. (Lyne 2010, 5-7)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 March 2022
References
Lyne, E. 2010 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 4, Navan to Kells and Kells Bypass. Final Report on Phoenixtown 3, Co. Meath. Licence: E003130. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Keith, S. 2005 M3 Clonee-North of Kells; Contract 4, Navan - Kells and Kells Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 3 in Phoenixtown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0926. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.