Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunboyne
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42166, -6.45782
- SMR number
- ME050-046----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · 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 the N-S valley of the meandering Tolka River. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E0489) by R. O’Hara prior to the construction of the M3 motorway identified two spreads of charcoal (excavations.ie: 2004:1191) that were fully excavated (E003029) by L. Clarke (excavations.ie 2005:AD8) as Dunboyne 1. A shallow pit (dims 0.46m x 0.41m; D 0.14) was 9.5m WNW of a second pit (dims 0.8mk x 0.7m; D 0.05m), both of which were filled with two layers of compact grey/black clays with varying inclusions of stone, charcoal and cremated bone. A sample of hazel or alder charcoal from the smaller pit produced a C14 date of 1530-1410 cal. BC, while a sample of hazel/whitethorn charcoal from the larger yielded a date of 1260-1000 cal. BC. The bone from this pit could not be positively identified as human, but no other artefacts or features were recorded. (Clarke 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 November 2021
References
Clarke, L. 2008 M3 Clonee – North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Dunboyne 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003029. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
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