Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Trevet, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Trevet
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55166, -6.55450
- SMR number
- ME038-067002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a shelf excavated into a gentle SW-facing slope. Archaeological testing (04E0418) by J. Dempsey of Testing Area 4, Contract 2, prior to the construction of the M3 motorway identified a cobbled surface (Dempsey 2004, 22-3). The area was excavated (E003067) intermittently by S. Rathbone as Trevet 1 (excavations.ie 2006:1646) between November 2005 and December 2006 when a section of road leading to buildings in a cobbled area were recorded. There was also evidence of a prehistoric burnt mound at the N edge of the excavated area.
Located at the N edge of the excavated area of the medieval farmstead were four pits (diam. 0.94m; D 0.37m to 1.8m x 1.6m; D 1.2m) filled with broken and burnt stone. Two of the pits were cut by the excavation of the medieval platform into the hillslope, but no evidence of a mound or trough was found. Samples from two of the pits produced C14 dates of 2293-2036 cal. BC (BETA 246986) and 2136-1906 cal. BC (BETA 246987). In addition a flint core, a blade, three flakes and three micro-scrapers were recovered from the topsoil in this area. (Rathbone 2009, 7-8).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 April, 2022
References
Rathbone, S. 2009 M3 Clonee - North of Kells, Contract 2 Dunshaughlin - Navan. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Trevet 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003067. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
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 Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
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