Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
Ráth Chairn, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ráth Chairn
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61279, -6.87009
- SMR number
- ME030-039----
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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
Archaeological testing (07E0920) recorded a small burnt pit or hearth (diam. 0.85m; D 8cm) with a single fill rich in charcoal and burnt stone that produced a C14 date of 1770-1610 cal. BC. Just to the E was a contemporary gully (L 11m NE-SW; Wth 0.3-0.9m; max. D 0.14m). Two pieces of flint were recovered in the topsoil, and a section of two medieval field drains were also encountered. (Shine 2009a; 2009b10, fig. 6)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 May, 2015
References
Shine, D. 2009a A note on prehistoric activity recorded in Ráth Cairn. Ríocht na Mídhe, vol. 20, 20-25.
Shine, D. 2009b Final excavation report for Rathcarran / Rathcairn, Co. Meath on DBO Contract, bundled wastewater collection system for County Meath. Licence No. 07E0920, Unpublished report, CRDS
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.