County: Meath Site name: Boolies 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: A030/004, E3166
Author: Ian Russell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 671298m, N 774586m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.716082, -6.919849
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 a spread of coarse black clay with heat-shattered stone. Three possible pits, two oval pits and an oval spread (0.9m length by 0.67m width) contained burnt-mound material. One of the oval pits (2.24m by 2.1m by 0.16m) had three stake-holes in its base. Two subrectangular pits/troughs (1.88m by 1.48m by 0.29m and 2m by 1.32m by 0.23m) were also discovered. Both of these pits/troughs had four stake-holes, one in each corner, which may have provided support for a wooden lining. There were no finds or animal bones recovered from this site.
