Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Moathill, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moathill
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65288, -6.70051
- SMR number
- ME025-081003-
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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
Two structures were E of the major NNE-SSW boundary ditch (ME025-081----). An arc of a slot-trench N-E is centred on a large post-hole and the scarp of the inner edge of a slot-trench can also be traced at S (diam. c. 5m). If this was a small hut site it either pre- or post-dates another feature just to the E. The E structure has a large pit (dim. 1.3m plus; D 0.06m) at the centre with a lightly burnt base that could be a charcoal-making pit as it was filled with charcoal. A S-N trench (L 2.7m plus; Wth 0.6m; D 0.45m) extends S from the pit but the junction lay outside the excavated area. The combined pit and trench are enclosed by 16 post-holes maintaining a regular distances of c. 1-2m from them constituting the possible Structure 5. (Giacometti 2007, P 47-50)
See the attached plans:_02 of excavated features (from Halliday 2009 fig. 25); _03 Rectangular enclosure and ring-ditches (_04) from Giacometti (2007 figs 6, 10)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 April, 2023
Giacometti, A. 2007 Site 1. Navan Inner Relief Road. Licence: 06E0274. Final unpublished report, Arch-Tech
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.