Hearth

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated just off the crest of a slight W-facing slope. Topsoil stripping (02E0194) in advance of a gas pipeline identified two spreads of charcoal-rich material (BGE: 1A/18/3) but the smaller (dims 1m x 0.6m) did not survive while the larger was completely excavated (02E0694). It consisted of an oval spread (dims 1.42m x 0.9m; max. T 0.2m) in a cut that was lined with a layer of dark brown silty clay with charcoal flecks and some heat-shattered stone. Above this was black silty clay with less stone and more charcoal. (Tobin 2003, 2004, 2007)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 8 March, 2018

References

Tobin, R. 2004 Bonestown (BGE 1A/18/3) Charcoal-rich spreads, 02E0694. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 406-07, No. 1433. Bray, Wordwell

Tobin, R. 2007 No. 1433. Bonestown, Charcoal-rich spread. in Grogan, E., O'Donnell, L, and P. Johnston (eds) The Bronze Age landscapes of the Pipeline to the West: an integrated archaeological and environmental assessment, 319. Bord Gáis Eireann and Wordwell, Bray

Tobin, R. 2003 Gas Pipeline to the West, Section 1A Archaeological Stratigraphic Report, Bonestown, Co. Meath. Licence No. 02E0696. Site ref. 1A/18/2. Unpublished report, Margaret Gowen and Co.