Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Dolanstown, County Meath, Ireland
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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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
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 Unpublished report, Archer Heritage Planning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
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.