Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Abbeyland South, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyland South
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65277, -6.68930
- SMR number
- ME025-044022-
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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
Archaeological testing (04E0348) by R. Meenan at a development site on Canon Row identified slight remains at the centre of the area (excavations.ie 2004:1298) but at the SW end of the adjacent property more substantial remains were recorded in testing (05E0754) by the same archaeologist that was completed by hand (excavations.ie 2005:1224). Two large pits (dims c. 3m; D c. 0.7-0.9m) at the W edge had been cut by a third between them. Small quantities of medieval pottery were recovered, which suggests that they may have been quarry pits rather than refuse pits. At the N end of the site a section of an E-W ditch (Wth 2.5m plus; D 0.5m plus) with a stepped edge was also sampled. Other features included indistinct gullies cut in the yellow clay subsoil.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 30 March 2023
Meenan,R. 2005 Report on test trenching at Canon Row/Kennedy Road, Navan, Co. Meath. Licence: 05E0754. Unpublished report, Author
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.