Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Killeen, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54271, -6.59141
- SMR number
- ME038-045002-
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
This monument was identified through archaeological monitoring (Licence no. 04E0969) of topsoil stripping for services. Subsequent geophysical survey (Licence no. 05R030Ext) revealed a series of enclosures and anomalies encompassing an area (dims 300m N-S; 130m E-W). Aligned E-W, a total of four burials and six lintel burials were identified within an area (dims c. 25m N-S x 10m E-W), the exposed width of the haul road. They were enclosed by an inner enclosure (22m diam.) ditch. On the basis of the recovery of a ringed polyhedral-headed pin it can be concluded that the site was active in the 10th century A.D. (although both earlier and later usage cannot of course be precluded) (Baker 2009, 28). Preserved in situ adjacent to a golf course.
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 22 February 2015
References
Baker, C. 2009 The Archaeology of Killeen Castle, Co. Meath. Wordwell Ltd. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.