Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ratoath
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.51034, -6.46869
- SMR number
- ME044-045----
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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 in a marshy hollow at the bottom of an E-facing slope. A burnt spread came to light c. 0.5m below the sod in soil stripping (03E1300) for an extensive residential development (Wallace 2003) and was subsequently completely excavated (03E1632). It had been cut by a N-S field bank and hardly survived E of this feature. It was also cut by some E-W drains. It consisted of a thin spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 10m N-S; 7m E-W; max. T 0.2m) overlying a grey marl. A pit (dims 1.75m x 1m) 4.25m to the W was cut by three small drains. The pit had three fills, including burnt and decayed stone with charcoal flecks and it may have served as a trough for the burnt spread. Some post-holes were also beneath the burnt spread. Archaeological testing (20E0609) by C. Duffy c. 70m to the SE at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2020:346).(Wallace 2006a)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 15 September 2020
References
Wallace, A. 2006a 1452. Licence: 03E1300. Ratoath: Burnt spread, ring-ditch, possible field system and cemetery enclosure. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 386-7. Bray, Wordwell
Wallace, A. 2003 Report on Phase 1 of Archaeological Monitoring of Proposed Residential Development, Dunshaughlin Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath. Licence No. 03E1300. Unpublished report, Arch-Tech
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.