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Excavation - miscellaneous

Grangend, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Grangend, 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
Grangend
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.51636, -6.53866
SMR number
ME038-083----

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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

Located on a slight N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (02E1358) by Donald Murphy identified a number of features that were not sampled (excavations.ie 2002:1453). A N-S ditch (Wth 0.65m) filled with a dark brown clay that had occasional flecks of charcoal and bone was encountered close to the R125 Ratoath to Dunshaughlin Road. A small pit (diam. 0.48m) with a top fill of loose black clay was c. 10m to the W. There was also a wider N-S ditch (Wth c. 3m) filled with a compact, dark-brown clay with occasional flecks of charcoal further E that appeared in two trenches. In the same area was a slightly curving trench (L 4.8m; Wth 0.45m) filled with a dark brown soil with charcoal inclusions. Soil-stripping in the area at S close to the road was monitored (06E0603) by G. Dunne when some furrows, gullies and stake-holes were recorded (excavations.ie:2006:1588).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 4 May 2022

References

Murphy, Donald and J. Stirland 2002 Archaeological Assessment, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. Licence: 02E1358. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

Nearby in the register

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

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