County: Meath Site name: BOOLIES
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E1053
Author: Gill Mc Loughlin, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 8 Dungar Terrace, Dœn Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
Site type: Burnt mounds
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 670937m, N 774659m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.716786, -6.925299
Testing was carried out in advance of the planned M3 Clonee-North of Kells road scheme, Co. Meath, on the Kells to North of Kells section (Contract 5) between July and December 2004. This section of the scheme is 10.2km long from Calliaghstown, southwest of Kells, to Derver, north-west of Kells. The testing methodology consisted of a centre-line trench and offsets every 20m. Anomalies identified in the geophysical survey were also tested. The work was carried out on behalf of the Meath County Council National Roads Development Office and the National Roads Authority.
Testing Area 2 is located in the townland of Boolies, between Chainages 81100 and 81900, and 6998m2 of the total 56,090m2 within this area was tested, providing a testing coverage of 12.48%. Testing took place on six days between 26 August and 5 October 2004.
Three spreads of burnt-mound material were uncovered. Boolies 1 consisted of two spreads located less than 10m apart and measuring 11m by 13m and 13.5m by 10.6m respectively. Boolies 2 measured 8m by 5.8m.
