Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Bellewstown (moyfenrath Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bellewstown (moyfenrath Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53739, -6.86191
- SMR number
- ME036-034004-
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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 about 30m SE of the hilltop mound (ME036-034----) and towards the bottom of the slope. Archaeological excavation (99E0520) recovered evidence of a possible house. The floor was a layer of compacted sand stained with charcoal. A line of post-holes (L c. 4.5m) and burnt timbers were close to a hearth. No artefacts were recovered from it. (Murphy 1999, 11-12; 2000, 233)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 July 2019
References
Murphy, D. 1999 Report on an Archaeological Rescue Excavation and an Assessment of a Recorded Monument at Bellewstown, Trim, Co. Meath. Licence No. 99E0520. Unpublished report, Author
Murphy, D. 2000 Bellewstown: Mound, possible ring-ditch or barrow. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 232-3, No. 677. Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.