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Burnt mound

Boyerstown, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Boyerstown, 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
Boyerstown
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.63573, -6.74412
SMR number
ME025-091----

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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

Archaeological testing (04E0581) by N. Fairburn of Testing Area 8 of Contract 3 in advance of the M3 motorway identified two potential monuments, Boyerstown 6 and 7 (excavations.ie 2004:1157). No 7 was a burnt mound that was fully resolved (E003112) by L. Clarke (2008, 2-3) in August 2006 (excavations.ie 2006:1521) when it proved to be a cut (dims 8m x 3.8m; D 0.7m) in the subsoil that was filled with a spread of burnt mound material (dims 4.2m x 2.4m; T 0.7m). This was partly overlain by a layer of brown/grey clay with occasional inclusions of charcoal and burnt stone (diam. 3.6-3.7m; T 0.5m). A sample of ash charcoal from this provided the C14 date 2287-2035 Cal. BC (BETA 241321). Three pits (dims 1.7m x 1.3m; D 0.12m: dims 1.35m x 0.23m; D 0.11m: diam. 0.65-0.68m; D 0.15m) in the vicinity, none of which could be described as troughs, were filled with silty clays with some burnt stone. There were also two post-holes and a short channel (L 4.5m; Wth 0.6m; D 0.08m). No artefacts were recovered. (Clarke 2008)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 12 April, 2023

Clarke, L. 2008 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 7, Co. Meath. Licence: E003112. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

Nearby in the register

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

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