Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Collierstown (duleek Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Collierstown (duleek Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64170, -6.34666
- SMR number
- ME027-028001-
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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
Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of the ENE-WSW ridge of Bellewstown. A divided nave and chancel church (ME027-028----) was discovered in excavation by M. O hEanaigh of the National Museum of Ireland in 1934. Extended burials, some in slab-lined graves and pre-dating the church structure, were also recorded as well as small cists containing skulls, one of which was trepanned. Finds included ringed pins, jet bracelets, bronze buckles, a slate spindle whorl, and flints (SMR file). The excavations were back-filled and there is now no evidence of a structure, although locals sometimes find bones.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Dat of upload: 7 August, 2014
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 33/1934).
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.