Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Townparks North, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks North
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55720, -6.79076
- SMR number
- ME036-048049-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a S-facing slope and on the NW side of Main Street. An archaeological rescue excavation and watching brief in 1987 (E000404) uncovered evidence of a medieval building (ME036-048046-) and other features. In the course of the watching brief at the N angle of the development area undisturbed medieval stratigraphy (D c. 0.4m) was identified. Medieval pottery was recovered from these layers but no features were present apart from one cobbled layer. The medieval layers were sealed by a layer (T 0.4m) of fragmented fired clays with straw inclusions and some smooth surfaces, suggesting that a brick kiln may have been in the vicinity, but no structural evidence of a kiln was unearthed. (Walsh 1990-91, 45-6)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 July, 2019
References
Walsh, C. 1990-91 An excavation at the library site, High Street, Trim. Ríocht na Midhe, vol. 8, No. 3, 41-67.
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