Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Grangend, County Meath, Ireland
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----
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 1799 "Ireland." (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 Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
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