Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Grange (navan Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (navan Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67574, -6.78693
- SMR number
- ME024-033001-
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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 slight N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003125) by P. Lynch (2010) as Grange 1 in late July/August 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1320) when a possible pit burial, a corn-drying kiln and metalled surfaces were recorded in an area of just over 1500 square metres. This pit (dims 0.38m x 0.34m; D 0.1m) was filled with a charcoal-enriched soil (50%) and burnt bone (25%). The only bone identified is possibly sheep/goat, and a sample provided a C14 date of 1613-1459 (UBA 12939). (Lynch 2010, 5)
See the attached site-plan adapted from Lynch (2010, fig. 5)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 March 2022
References
Lynch, P. 2010 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 4, Navan to Kells and Kells Bypass. Final Report on Grange 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003125. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy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 2 in Grange, County Meath. Licence: 04E0925. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.