2019:524 - DOWNESTOWN, Duleek, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: DOWNESTOWN, Duleek
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 19E0697
Author: James Hession, Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 2, Europa Enterprise Park, Midleton, Co. Cork
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 703344m, N 768792m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.658668, -6.436473
Excavation was undertaken in advance of a propsoed development in Downestown townland, Duleek, Co. Meath.
The excavation comprised three burnt mounds/fulachtaí fia, two of which had been identified during an earlier programme of test trenching carried out under a separate contract under licecne 19E0411 (2019:433).
The first burnt mound measured 11m north–south by 8m in width and had an approximate depth of 0.4m. A wood-lined trough and three pits were identified beneath the mound.
The second burnt mound measured measured 15m north–south by 7m in width and had a maximum depth of 0.19m. Two troughs and a pit were identified beneath the burnt mound.
The third burnt mound measured 16m north–south by 14.5m and had a maximum depth of 0.45m. Two wood-lined troughs, two sub-circular pits, one of which was wood lined and three possible post-holes were identified beneath the mound.