Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Clonee (dunboyne By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonee (dunboyne By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.41150, -6.44103
- SMR number
- ME051-010----
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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
Located on a level landscape on the N bank of a W-E section of the Tolka River, with the canalised stream c. 20m to the S. Archaeological testing (02E1406) by G. Dehaene identified a spread of broken and burnt stones (dims 2.4m x 1.5m plus; T < 0.12m) in one trench. The mound was sectioned but its full extent was not exposed, and it is still in situ (excavations.ie 2002:1439). (Dehaene 2002)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 November 2021
References
Dehaene, G. 2002 Report on Archaeological Testing at the rear of The New Grasshopper Inn, Main St., Clonee, Co. Meath. Licence: 02E1406. Unpublished report, Arch-Tech
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.