County: Meath Site name: BOOLIES (1)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A030/005, E3167
Author: Ian Russell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 670987m, N 774651m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.716708, -6.924543
This site was located within Contract 5 (Kells to north of Kells) of the proposed M3 Clonee to north of Kells motorway and was identified during advance testing by Gill McLoughlin (Excavations 2004, No. 1189, 04E1053). Full resolution in November 2006 revealed two spreads of charcoal and heat-shattered stone (14m by 12m by 0.19m and 11.5m by 10.5m by 0.24m). Each spread covered two pits, which were filled with similar burnt-mound material. One of these, a subrectangular pit/trough (1.9m by 1.52m by 0.27m), had five stake-holes, probably used to support a wooden lining. There were no finds or animal bones recovered from the site.
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