Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Portan (dunboyne By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portan (dunboyne By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.41679, -6.43435
- SMR number
- ME051-066----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Archaeological monitoring (15E0577) by P. Duffy, D. Bayle and J. Whitaker of topsoil stripping over a large area (c. 92 ha.) conducted intermittently between Dec. 2015 and October 2018 uncovered 37 locations of potential archaeological importance (excavations.ie 2016:051). Each of these was further investigated by the same archaeologists under different licences. At Site 15 excavation (16E0180) by D. Bayley recorded (excavations. ie 2016:539) two pits (dims 0.29m x 0.25m; D 0.04m: dims 0.36m x 0.32m; D 0.05m) with similar fills of dark silty clay with charcoal that were c. 2m apart. No artefacts were recovered and no dating is available. (Duffy et. al. 2021, 35)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 April, 2023
Duffy, P., Fairhead, S. & F. Fleeshouven 2021 Final Excavation Report for Sites 3-37, Clonee, Portan, Gunnocks, Co. Meath. Multiple licences, Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
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