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Burial

Garadice, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial, Garadice, 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
Garadice
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.44864, -6.70919
SMR number
ME049-034004-

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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 at the crest of the S-facing slope of a broad hill, c. 240m NW of the tower house (ME049-002----) and c. 220m N of the medieval excavated features (ME049-035----). Archaeological testing (06E1231) by A. Collins (2008, 18) in advance of the realignment of a N-S section of the R158 road identified archaeological deposits extending over a narrow strip (dims 100m N-S; 17m E-W) on the E side of the existing road that were subsequently excavated (07E0296) as Site 10 by E. Larsson (excavations.ie 2007:1313). Lithics of a Neolithic character and some pits of later prehistoric date are present, while two cereal-drying kilns were also recorded in this era. Two groups of burials, dating to the early medieval and the post-medieval periods were excavated as well as a N-W ditch that is probably an earlier iteration of the existing road bank and ditch. (Larsson 2009)

Three extended supine burials were placed in a N-S line with the heads at W. The W end of one burial was slightly truncated by the post-medieval land drain that accompanies the road. The remains were those of a young female and two children less than five years old. A radiocarbon date of 1440-1660 cal. AD was returned for the adult burial. The burial of an adult female aged 26-35 years at the time of death was placed in the group of early medieval interments c. 50m to the S, truncating one of the earlier graves. This individual was laid E-W with the head at E, and a C14 date of 1480-1660 cal. AD was returned for it, which places it in the same time-frame as the small N group. (ibid. 56-8)

See the attached plan from Larsson (2009, fig. 24)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 29 June 2021

References

Larsson, E. 2009 R158 Realignment Scheme, Summerhill to Kilcock Road Improvement Scheme. Final Report Licence: 07E0296, Site 10 – Garadice, Co. Meath. 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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