Archaeological excavation at Tullyallen 4 was carried out on behalf of Meath County Council under licence number 00E0832 by Carmel Duffy for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd. as part of the Northern Motorway (Gormanstown-Monasterboice) Scheme 1995. The excavation took place between October
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A total of three pits and one stone deposit were exposed on site below the sod and topsoil. All three pits were filled with a dark brown clay and had been cut into the natural orange boulder clay. The stone deposit was exposed to the north of the site and consisted of an oval sha
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A total of two pits, two possible hearths and a modern field drain were exposed. However, no post/stake holes, slot trenches, or ditches were exposed to suggest that the possible hearths were associated with a possible structure or settlement and no slag or metal was recovered to
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One pit and two possible pits/ postholes were exposed. The sub oval shaped pit measured 0.6m in diameter to a depth of 0.18m and was filled with a mid grey- brown coloured sandy clay. The two possible pits/ postholes were exposed a short distance to the southeast of the oval pit.
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A single shallow pit was exposed to the northeast of the possible settlement / ritual site at Kilsharvan 5. The pit was oval in plan and measured 0.98m in length, 0.67m in width and 0.06m in depth. It contained shallow sloped sides becoming more sharply sloped towards the west an
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The site was exposed near the western edge of the proposed motorway to the south of the enclosure at Kilsharvan 16. It consisted of a sub-oval pit measuring 1.04m in length, 0.93m in width and 0.18m in depth and had been filled with a humic dark-grey-black silty clay containing m
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Monitoring of topsoil stripping over an area south of Platin Fort and north of Beymore Road revealed a series of charcoal spreads and possible cut features, including a field drain in a hollow within the roads take corridor south of limestone ridge Platin 3. Excavation of Platin
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One natural feature, one deposit and three pits were exposed. The natural feature consisted of an oval shaped area of naturally discoloured soil caused by decayed stone within the orange sandy boulder clay. The deposit consisted of a sub-circular shaped area of mid brown coloured
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The site was exposed between chainages 18700 and 18600 in the eastern portion of the proposed motorway in the townland of Shallon. Four pottery sherds were recovered from the topsoil, two post-medieval earthenware sherds (01E0195:001:3-4_ and two of Late Medieval date (01E0195:00
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A single shallow pit/hearth was exposed. It measured 0.26m in diameter to a depth of 0.045m (37.295m O.D.) and contained gradually sloping sides to a partially concave-flat base. It had been filled with a mid brown clay containing moderate inclusions of charcoal and heat shattere
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A single pit was exposed neat the eastern edge of the proposed motorway corridor. It is likely that the pit represents an outlying refuse pit associated with the nearby kiln site at Kilsharvan 2 (01E0177) and possibly the kiln site at Kilsharvan 1 (01E0176). It measured 1.15m in
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A single oval shaped pit was exposed on site. This pit measured 1.34m in lenght, 1.0m in width and 0.2m in depth and contained long sloping sides to the north, east and west becoming more vertical to the east, extending to a sloping base. It was filled with a soft mid grey silty
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