Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
Newtown (duleek Lower By., Painestown Ed), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (duleek Lower By., Painestown Ed)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68202, -6.50958
- SMR number
- ME026-024----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Excavations (00E0613) of a flint scatter in 2000 followed the discovery of a transverse arrowhead. This scatter was believed to date to the Late Neolithic. The test pits revealed revealed evidence for intense burning (Brady 2000; 2002, 262).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 13 February 2012
References
Brady, C. 2000 Archaeological survey and test excavation of a flint scatter at Newtown, Co. Meath. Excavation Licence No. 00E0613. Unpublished Ph. D. research thesis.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.