County: Meath Site name: SKREEN (2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A008/019, E3072
Author: Tara O’Neill, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: Structure and Habitation site
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 694034m, N 760235m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.583557, -6.579848
This site was located within Contract 2 (Dunshaughlin to Navan) of the proposed M3 Clonee to north of Kells motorway and was identified during advance testing by Linda Clarke in April 2004 (Excavations 2004, No. 1339, 04E0424). Full resolution between October and November 2006 revealed an oval-shaped prehistoric structure (6m by 4m) comprising five post-holes and a south-east entrance. A deposit of cremated bone (0.2m by 0.3m by 0.03m), a pit (0.15m by 0.13m by 0.1m) and an associated post-hole were also recorded. A flint scraper and a quantity of flint debitage were located within these post-holes, suggesting that the structure may have been used for flint knapping. A heavily truncated oblong pit with in situ burning was observed.
21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda
