County: Meath Site name: Bennetstown 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: A017/004., E3026
Author: Ruth Elliott, for Archaeological Consultancy Services Limited, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: Burnt-spread site
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 701593m, N 743984m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.436153, -6.471008
The site was identified as that of a burnt spread during testing along the route of the M3 Clonee to north of Kells motorway. Excavation was conducted between 6 and 23 January 2006. The site was located in a waterlogged field at the juncture between the River Tolka and a large modern field boundary drain. The burnt spread had surviving dimensions of 4.5 by 11.5m and was truncated by the field boundary which formed the limit of excavation to the north. It was sandwiched between layers of natural peat and marl that had persistently developed along the eastern side of the site, parallel to the river. Only one contemporary feature, a small pit, was excavated.
