Burnt mound

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. Archaeological testing (02E1812) identified two spreads of burnt mound material (Hayden 2006), which were subsequently fully resolved (Hayden 2006a) under a different licence (03E0169). This was a thin spread of broken and burnt stone (diam. c. 6m) over four shallow pits filled with a thin layer of grey, charcoal-stained silt. A larger curving pit (L 3m; Wth 1m; D 0.3m) was filed with peat mixed with burnt stone. Three pits (dims 1.7m x 0.6m; D 0.4m to 2.2m x 1.2m; D 0.4m) were filled with peat with no burnt stone. (Hayden 2003, 4-5)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 8 July, 2019

References

Hayden, A. 2006a Athboy Road, Trim: Burnt mounds. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 392, No. 1468. Bray, Wordwell

Hayden, A. 2003 Pre-development Archaeological Assessment of a Proposed Development Site at Corporationland, Athboy Road, Trim, Co. Meath. Licence No. 02E1812. Unpublished report, Archaeological Projects.

Hayden, A. 2003a Excavations of Two Burnt Mounds at a Development Site on the Athboy Road (Corporationland townland), Trim, Co. Meath. Licence No. 03E0169. Unpublished report, Archaeological Projects.

Hayden, A. 2006 Athboy Road, Trim: Burnt mounds. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 392, No. 1467. Bray, Wordwell