Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Readsland, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Readsland
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.51336, -6.55609
- SMR number
- ME044-055----
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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 in a fairly level area between the cremation pit (ME044-056----) to the S and the remnants of a fulacht fia (ME044-054----) to the N. Archaeological monitoring (15E0125) by S. McGlade in Phase 1 of the archaeological mitigation connected with a housing development (excavations.ie 2018: 032) identified seven pits spread over a fairly wide area (dims c. 45m N-S; c. 10-15m E-W). The pits are generally oval (dims 1m x 0.96m; D 0.38m to 3.6m x 1m; D 0.14m) and contain some amount of burnt bone. One has some scorching on its base and it is possible that they could have served as cremation pits. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 40-2)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upland: 9 December 2021
References
McGlade, S. 2020 Preliminary Excavation Report. Readsland, Dunshaughlin. Licences: 15E0125; 18R0174. Unpublished report, 2 vols archaeology plan
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.