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The site at Gainstown 1 was excavated by Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd (ACS) as part of the M3 Clonee–North of Kells Motorway Scheme on behalf of Meath County Council, NRDO and the NRA. The excavation was carried out between 31 July and 31 August 2006 under Ministerial Direction Number A023/009 issued by the DoEHLG in consultation with the NMI. Testing in 2004 by Aidan O’Connell had previously discovered archaeological features in two adjacent fields separated by a bank and ditch field boundary; namely the burnt stone spread in Area B of this report and a pit in Area A of this report (numbered F606). These features were located again and excavated during resolution of this site. Area A contained four pits and two depressions all of which were filled with burnt mound material. A pit within this section of the site was dated to the early Bronze Age. A heavily ploughed out and dispersed burnt stone spread, six depressions, seven pits and two postholes were contained within Area B. The majority of these features were also filled with burnt mound material. A pit contained within this section of the site was dated to the late Neolithic period. A classic convex end scraper was also recovered from this feature.