Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Knockersally Or Colehill, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockersally Or Colehill
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42996, -7.10554
- SMR number
- ME046-048----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A heavy roundwood and brushwood structure exposed in section in the drain face 0.8m below the surface. The wood is dispersed but evidently forms a coherent structure three layers deep. The structure was sampled for radiocarbon dating and wood species analysis. (Bermingham 2014)
Compiled by: David O’Connor
Date of upload: 20 November 2014
References
Bermingham, N. 2014 Archaeological Survev of Ireland. Peatland Survey 2013: Kinnegad (Rossan), Co. Meath. Final Archaeological Survey Report, August 2014 (Licence number 13E0426). Unpublished report commissioned by the National Monuments Service.
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