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This is a final report of an archaeological excavation at Phoenixtown 5 which was located on the route of the M3 Navan–Kells & Kells Bypass (Archaeological Services Contract 4) of the M3 Clonee–North of Kells Motorway Scheme, County Meath. The excavation was carried out by Tim Coughlan of Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd on behalf of Meath County Council and the National Roads Authority. The work was carried out under Ministerial Direction No. A029/008 and National Monuments Service (NMS) Excavation Registration No. E3126 which were received from the DoEHLG in consultation with the National Museum of Ireland. The fieldwork took place between 22 January 2007 – 2 February 2007. A total area of 1653m2 was opened around Phoenixtown 5 Area A (1161m²) and Area B (492m²) to reveal the archaeological features that were identified at the site during archaeological testing under licence 04E0926. A small structure or pit group was identified in Area A and was defined by a series of pits and postholes in an ‘L’ shaped arrangement. The possible structure was c. 4.5m by 4m in size. A series of pits, one of which was filled with heated stones, and deposits were associated with the tentatively identified structure. These features, and the structure’s pits and postholes, contained numerous fragments of late Neolithic Grooved Ware pottery, lithics (which included scrapers and a hammerstone) and burnt bone fragments. It was not possible to determine if the remains represented a domestic or funerary structure. Although none of the burnt bone could be conclusively identified as human bone and one of the pottery vessels had evidence of cooking accretions the large quantity of high quality lithics deposited within the pits is consistent with ritual acts identified at late Neolithic ritual sites such as Kilmainham 3.