County: Meath Site name: BALGEETH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0022
Author: Red Tobin, RedArc Ltd, Archaeological Services, 35 Brook Meadow, Avoca, Co. Wicklow, for CRDS Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound?
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 688323m, N 760104m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.583373, -6.666120
The site, at Balgeeth, Assey, Co. Meath, was identified during centre-line trenching as an area of concentrated burning and soil discoloration. A deposit of charcoal-rich soil and fire-shattered stones suggested that the site might represent a burnt mound. Two pits were also located on site as well as a linear stone revetment. These features are likely to be related to the burnt-mound material. The material overlying most of the archaeology on site represents material washed in or silted up after the abandonment of the site.
