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Burnt mound

Dolanstown, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Dolanstown, 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
Dolanstown
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.40538, -6.66557
SMR number
ME049-037----

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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

Located on a gentle W-facing slope c. 50m from a NW-SE section of the Rye Water c. 30m to the SW, and on the NW side of a NE-SW mill-race. It was first identified by L. Coen as an area with concentrations of burnt stone during archaeological monitoring (18E0296) of works associated with flood relief (excavations.ie 2018:668), and subsequently fully excavated (18E0377) by the same archaeologist (excavations.ie 2018:670). Four areas of broken and burnt stone in a black peaty clay matrix (dims 2m x 1.5m to 3m x 2m; T 0.05-0.17m) were uncovered. All appeared to be re-deposited and the area was traversed by a modern NE-SW filed drain. (Coen 2019)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload; 27 September 2021

References

Coen, L. 2019 Final Report of an Archaeological Excavation at Dolanstown, Co. Meath. Licence: 18E0377. Unpublished report, Archer Heritage Planning

Nearby in the register

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

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