2022:445 - NAVAN: Moathill, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: NAVAN: Moathill
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ME025-023
Licence number: 22E0667
Author: Aidan O'Connell
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 1 Tenure Business Park, Monasterboice, Co. Louth
Site type: Kiln - corn-drying
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 685859m, N 767639m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.651470, -6.701245
Full excavation of a cereal-drying kiln was undertaken in September 2022 at Moathill, Navan, Co. Meath. The site was first identified by N Roycroft of Meath County Council (see 2021:545; 21E0089) during advance archaeological testing. The cereal-drying kiln had a maximum length of 4.6m and extended beyond the limits of excavation on both ends. One find was retrieved from the kiln, a corroded iron pin. Additional linear features were recorded and excavated. Post-excavation analysis is ongoing.