County: Meath Site name: KILSHARVAN 7, Kilsharvan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0182
Author: Ian Russell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 669894m, N 810727m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.673397, -6.350355
The site was exposed at chainage 20012, in the centre of the proposed motorway in the townland of Kilsharvan, during monitoring of topsoil-stripping carried out during groundworks associated with the construction of Contract 7 of the Northern Motorway Project.
A single deposit of clay and charcoal was exposed a short distance to the south-east of the Bronze Age possible settlement/ritual site at Kilsharvan 5 (No. 990, Excavations 2001). It measured 1.2m in length, 1m in width and 0.06m in depth (34.428m OD) and lay directly above the sandy boulder clay. It consisted of a loose dark brown sandy clay containing occasional to moderate inclusions of angular stone and charcoal flecks. No further archaeological deposits or features were exposed. A possible flint scraper was recovered from the surface during the initial cleaning of the site.
It is likely that the deposit represents some outlying activity or deposition from the adjacent possible settlement/ritual site. The possible flint scraper was recovered from the surface during the initial cleaning of the site and is likely to have come from the topsoil during the earlier stripping. No further archaeological deposits or features were exposed.
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