Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Piercetown (dunboyne By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Piercetown (dunboyne By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45046, -6.47188
- SMR number
- ME050-044----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Systematic archaeological testing (16E0451) by Deirdre Murphy of the development area within Piercetown explored the larger enclosures (excavations.ie 2016:463). This programme also identified a third enclosure and three other potential, but smaller, archaeological areas. Final archaeological monitoring (16E0451) by Deirdre Murphy of the removal of topsoil identified further features throughout the large development area, but most of these were either related to the identified monuments or to drainage and almost all were resolved under the original licence (excavations.ie 2016:463). A pit (dims 1.02m x 0.63m; D 0.21m) and a second pit (dims 1.48m x 1m; D 0.26m) nearby with a dog skull were probably for refuse and associated with Site 2 (ME050-035----) c. 65m to the W or Site 7 (ME050-040----) c. 60m to the E. (Murphy 2019a, 13, 19)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3 November 2021
References
Murphy, Deirdre 2019a Archaeological Monitoring Report, Piercetown, Co. Meath. Licence: 16E0451. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.