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Excavation - miscellaneous

Killeen, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Killeen, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Killeen
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.53303, -6.58247
SMR number
ME038-046----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This site was identified through archaeological monitoring (Licence no. 04E0969) of topsoil stripping and excavated (Licence no. 05E0303) ahead of the insertion of services. Located to the east of Killeen Demesne along the 97m contour line, the site consisted of seventy-six features within the stripped area (dims 60m E-W; 20m N-S). There were three distinct but related foci including pits containing charcoal-rich fill/burnt stone material; a series of small pits (diam. < 1m) and stakeholes and later drainage activity. A total of 34 lithics were recovered and included diagnostic pieces with their origin in the Neolithic but their use extending into the Bronze age including a hollow scraper, round scraper, thumbnail scraper and concave scraper. Three samples returned an Early Bronze Age date range (2580-2139 BC) for activity on site (Baker 2009, 37-40).

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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