Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Metalworking 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
- 53.68046, -6.70754
- SMR number
- ME025-005003-
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
Located at the centre of rath (ME025-005---). Excavation (E000144) by E. P. Kelly in 1975 recorded furnace bottoms, quantities of slag, baked clay and charcoal. There was also a crescent-shaped slot trench that was probably the foundation of a wind-break and some post-holes. (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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.