County: Meath Site name: Townparks 6
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A029/032; E3152
Author: Yvonne Whitty, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 672932m, N 774634m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.716287, -6.895093
This site was located within Contract 4 (Navan–Kells and Kells bypass) of the M3 Clonee to North of Kells motorway scheme and was identified during testing carried out by Shane Delaney (IAC Ltd) in 2004 (Excavations 2004, No. 1335, 04E0915). It was excavated between 3 and 13 December 2006 and consisted of a spread of burnt-mound material (10.8m by 4.5m by 0.15m) which sealed a trough (2.48m by 1.5m by 0.14m) with four post-holes in its corners and a gully (10.95m by 1.15m by 0.33m) which probably acted as an associated water channel. To the east of the spread of burnt-mound material a possible pit (1.25m diameter by 0.28m depth) was exposed.
This work was funded by Meath County Council and the National Roads Authority.
Editor’s note: Although excavated during 2006, the report on this site arrived too late for inclusion in the bulletin of that year.
