Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunshaughlin
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50033, -6.52949
- SMR number
- ME044-010----
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
Situated on a level landscape with a small NNE-SSW section of a canalised stream c. 40m to the SE. It was first identified by G. F. Mitchell (O’Kelly 1954, 152). An area of broken and burnt stone (dims 12m NE-SW; 7m NW-SE) was visible in a ploughed field in 1970 (SMR file). Archaeological testing (17E0658) by J. Whittaker c. 90m to the NW at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2018:208).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 22 November 2021
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1954 Excavations and experiments in ancient Irish cooking places. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 84, 105-55.
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.