Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Boyerstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boyerstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63668, -6.73684
- SMR number
- ME025-093----
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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
A geophysical Survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could identify as what appeared to be a burnt mound (excavations.ie 2004:1190). It was fully resolved (E003106) by L. Clarke over one week in July – August 2006 as Boyerstown 2 (excavations.ie 2006:1517). It consisted of a subcircular layer (dims 7m x 6m; T 0.15m) of fire-cracked sandstone and charcoal-stained clay that was the topmost layer within a large triangular cut (dims 6.5m N-S; 6m E-W; max. D 1.5m) that was a cistern (ME025-091001-).
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 2, Co. Meath. Licence: E003106. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
Nearby in the register
- Cisternunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.