2007:1277 - CASTLEKEERAN (2), Meath
County: Meath
Site name: CASTLEKEERAN (2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: A030/015; E3177
Author: Stuart Reilly, Gahan & Long Ltd, for Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 7–9 Castlereagh St, Belfast, BT5 4NE and 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda
Site type: Cremation pit and Pit
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 668626m, N 776849m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.736768, -6.959826
This site was located within Contract 5 (Kells–North of Kells) of the proposed M3 Clonee to North of Kells motorway, was identified during testing by Gillian McLoughlin of IAC in 2004 (Excavations 2004, No. 1200, 04E1056) and was excavated in April 2007. A possible cremation pit (0.23m diameter by 0.07m depth) was identified alongside a further seven pits and spreads of charcoal-rich hillwash. The area had been disturbed by quarrying which had occurred previously. Cremated bone, animal bone and slag were recovered from the excavations.