Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Randalstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Randalstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68030, -6.70838
- SMR number
- ME025-005002-
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
In the SW quadrant of the interior of the rath (ME025-005----). Excavation (E000144) by E. P. Kelly in 1975 recorded a circular hut-site (diam. c. 5m) defined by a slot-trench in the vicinity of the rectangular house attributed to the Neolithic. The stratigraphy and artefacts recovered related exclusively to the circular hut-site and artefacts recovered included glass beads, two fragments of a jet or lignite bracelet, a stone spindle whorl and some iron knives. Copious amounts of animal bone, largely cattle and pig, were recovered from the fosse which also preserved pieces of leather and a wooden stave. Some post-medieval hearths and pits were recorded, particularly in the fosse. (Kelly 1977)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29 March 2023
Kelly, E. P. 1977 A Future for our Past. Pamphlet, Tara Mines
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.