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Field boundary

Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field boundary, Ardbraccan, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ardbraccan
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.64281, -6.74445
SMR number
ME025-086----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in a slight hollow in a fairly level landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0584) by N. Fairburn at Testing Area 11 of Contract 3 in advance of the M3 motorway identified burnt mound material (excavations.ie 2004:1158) at two places that were designated Ardbraccan 1A and 1B and were fully resolved (E003115) by M. Mossop (2008) over three weeks in August 2006 (excavations.ie 2006:1486). Area B (dims 20m x 20m) revealed two parallel drains (L 14.7m; Wth 2.64m; D 0.45m: L 6.7m; Wth 2.6m; DS 0.9m) placed 1.5m apart filled with clays and silts retaining organic matter. A sample of fruitwood charcoal from a basal layer of the longer feature provided a C14 date of 975-806 cal. BC (Beta 247111). A pit (diam. 1.6m; D 0.2m) had two fills with some traces of burnt stone. A sample of hazel charcoal from this pit yielded a C14 date of 2471-2209 cal. BC (Beta 247114). P 5.
This indicates that the burnt mound material sealing the cistern is unrelated to the trough that it covers. A metalled track (Wth 2m) led N (L 14.5m) from the N edge of the cistern. (Mossop and Ruddle 2009, 5)

See the attached plan from Mossop and Ruddle (2009, fig. 9)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 11 April 2023

Fairburn, N. 2004 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 11, Ardbraccan, County Meath. Licence: 04E0584. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
Mossop, M. and E. Ruddle 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Ardbraccan 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003115. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services 70.94m OD ITM true B (683032, 766605)

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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