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
- 53.50663, -6.53158
- SMR number
- ME044-062----
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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 slight S-facing slope. A remote sensing survey (18R0012) by J. Nicholls (2018) identified numerous potential archaeological features and archaeological testing (18E0495) by L. Kavanagh (Kavanagh and Tobin 2018) confirmed the presence of three isolated pits, two burnt mounds and a ring-ditch (excavations.ie 2018:226). The features were subsequently excavated by M. Piera under the same licence (excavations.ie 2019:735).
An irregularly-shaped natural pool (dims 12.3m x 7.5m; max. D 1.1m) was filled with silty clays over an organic black peaty clay with organic material, but no artefacts were recovered from it. North of the pond were eight pits (dims 0.58m x 0.52m; D 0.08m to 3.6m x 2.5m; D 1m) filled with silty clays that contain charcoal and burnt stone. Four stake-holes form a rough line (L 2m) amongst the pits. None of the pits is identified as a trough but two of them (dims 1.1 x 1.3m; D 0.18m to 2.8m x 2.8m; D 0.24m) were situated beneath an irregularly-shaped spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 6.5m x 6.36m; max. D 0.11m), and one of them had a post-hole in its base. (Piera 2020, 15-18)
See the attached plan from Piera (2020, fig. 9)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 December 2021
References
Kavanagh, L. and Tobin, M. 2018 Archaeological assessment at The Willows, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. Licence No. 18E0495. Unpublished excavation, IAC
Nicholls, J. 2018 Phases 1C, 1D, 2 &3, The Willows, Dublin Road, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. Licence: 18R0012. Unpublished report, Target Archaeological Geophysics (TAG1800IE2)
Piera, M. 2020 Preliminary Excavation Report for The Willows, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. Licence: 18E0495. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Nearby in the register
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.