Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
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
- 53.53381, -6.59132
- SMR number
- ME038-049002-
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 site was identified by geophysical survey (Licence no. 05R030Ext) and confirmed by test excavation (Licence no. 05E0415) within Killeen Castle Demesne in advance of golf course development. Characterised by a cellular layout the field system is associated with a D-shaped enclosure (ME038-049001-) and was truncated centrally by a NE/SW laneway and to the south by 19th century quarrying. A small area (40m NS x 30m EW) of the field system was excavated. This area was defined by two intersecting ditches (Wth 2.1-3.9m) that formed the western and southern elements of the field system. Internally the focus of activity was a series of six pits (diam. 0.5-2m) and drainage features within a confined area (dims 8m N-S; 11m E-W). All yielded animal bone and crop seeds (oats, barley and wheat). Radiocarbon analysis of samples from the enclosing ditches and internal activity returned a date range of AD 691-1018 (Baker 2009, 53).
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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.