County: Meath Site name: SCURLOCKSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 37:9, 10, 11 Licence number: 01E0316
Author: Alan Hayden, Archaeological Projects Ltd.
Site type: Building and Kiln
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 680283m, N 756021m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.547980, -6.788549
This large site lies close to the medieval settlement of Scurlockstown, which contains a motte (SMR 37:9) and medieval church (37:10). The site of a demolished tower-house (37:11) occupies the north-west corner of the site. Eleven trenches were mechanically excavated on the site between 18 and 20 December 2001.
Mid-17th-century buildings and a possible kiln were revealed in the westernmost trenches (nos 1–3) south of the demolished tower-house. Probable medieval gullies were also revealed in Trenches 3 and 6 at the centre of the north side of the site. Nothing of archaeological interest was encountered in the other trenches.
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