2018:819 - Clonmagaddan, Meath

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Meath Site name: Clonmagaddan

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 18E0105

Author: John Purcell

Site type: Enclosure

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 686619m, N 769812m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.670868, -6.689147

Archaeological excavation was undertaken in March 2018. Topsoil was removed from the site by a mechanical excavator using a grading bucket. The site of the enclosure and the wider area was stripped. Following this the site was cleaned by hand. This identified a shallow ditch that had been heavily truncated. The ditch measured between 0.2m and 0.3m in depth and up to 1m in width, this was not visible at the south. The diameter of the site was 30m. some burnt soil was recorded at the base of the ditch at the north. The enclosure was located on a prominent location overlooking a small valley of a tributary of the River Boyne. No additional features were recorded.

Co. Offaly