Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
Clowanstown (Skreen By., Skreen ED.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clowanstown (Skreen By., Skreen ED.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55280, -6.55395
- SMR number
- ME038-066002-
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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
Located on a fairly level landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0418) by J. Dempsey of Testing Area 4, Contract 2, prior to the construction of the M3 motorway identified a spread of charcoal (Dempsey 2004, 19). The area was fully excavated (E003066) by M. Mossop as Clowanstown 3 (excavations.ie 2006:1535) in August 2006 when it proved to be two hearths placed c. 50m apart.
This E hearth (0.89m x 0.43m; D 0.15m) did not have a stone boundary and consisted of a friable orange/brown clayey silt with occasional pieces of charcoal beneath a dark grey charcoal-stained clayey silt with lenses of brownish-orange clay, small stones and flecks of charcoal. The charred material was dominated by oats and barley. No artefacts were recovered but a sample of barley provided a C14 date of 1046-1267 cal. AD (BETA 241295). (Mossop and Ruddle 2008, 2-3)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 April, 2022
References
Dempsey, J. 2004 M3 Clonee - North of Kells, Contract 2 Dunshaughlin - Navan. Report on the Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 4, Clowanstown, Co. Meath. Licence: 04E0418. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
Mossop, M. & Ruddle, E. 2008 M3 Clonee - North of Kells, Contract 2 Dunshaughlin - Navan. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Clowanstown 3, Co. Meath. Licence: E003066. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
Nearby in the register
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.