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Burnt mound

Ferrans, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Ferrans, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ferrans
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.42650, -6.70137
SMR number
ME049-033----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in a low-lying, gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (06E1231) by A. Collins in advance of a realignment of the R158 road identified a spread of broken and burnt stones (Collins 2008, 19) that was subsequently excavated (07E0161) as Site 13 by E. Larsson (excavations.ie 2007:1312). It proved to be two spreads of burnt mound material (dims c. 8m x 7m; T 0.15: 2m x 1.74m; T 0.1m), probably from the same feature, which were cut by later linear features. These were overlying six small, irregularly-shaped pits (dims 0.5m x 1.1m; D 0.13m to 2.1m x 0.9m; max. D 0.49m) in the subsoil that were filled with silty clays with burnt stone inclusions, and six stake-holes. No trough was recognized and no artefacts were recovered, but a sample of ash charcoal from a narrow channel (dims 1.5m; x 0.54m; D 0.3m) connected to one of the pits produced a C14 date of 2140-1910 cal. BC. (Larsson 2009)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 29 June 2021

References

Larsson, E. 2009 R158 Realignment Scheme, Summerhill to Kilcock. Final Report, Site 13 Ferrans. Licence: 07E0161. Unpublished report, CRDS

Collins, A. 2008 Archaeological Testing Report. R158 Summerhill to Kilcock Road Realignment in County Meath. Licence: 06E1231. Unpublished report, CRDS

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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