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Meath<br />

recovered from the pits. One <strong>of</strong> the pits was dated to A.D. 430-620. Four roughly circular pits<br />

were identified to the north <strong>of</strong> the ditch. A scatter <strong>of</strong> small charcoal and oxidised clay spreads<br />

were also identified across the site. Charcoal recovered from one <strong>of</strong> the spreads returned a<br />

radiocarbon date <strong>of</strong> A.D. 550-660. Animal bone – identified as cattle, sheep, pig, horse, dog,<br />

deer and cat – was recovered from the features in this area <strong>of</strong> the site and the assemblage is<br />

typical <strong>of</strong> occupation debris from a nearby settlement. <strong>The</strong> molluscan remains also represent<br />

food debris and were predominantly cockles and mussels.<br />

(No plans were available for this site).<br />

References:<br />

Eogan, J. 1998:502. Bettystown, Co. Meath. www.excavations.ie.<br />

Clarke, L. 2001:945. Narrow Ways, Bettystown, Co. Meath. www.excavations.ie.<br />

Halpin, E. 2002:1430. Betaghstown, Bettystown, Co. Meath. www.excavations.ie.<br />

Kelly, E. P. 1977/79:0056. Betaghstown, Co. Meath. www.excavations.ie.<br />

Kelly, E. P. 1977/79:0057. Betaghstown, Co. Meath. www.excavations.ie.<br />

Kieran, E. 2004:1186. Betaghstown, Co. Meath. www.excavations.ie.<br />

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Meenan, R. 1998. Bettystown (Betaghstown townland), Co. Meath. www.excavations.ie.<br />

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Murphy, D. 2005:1158. Betaghstown, Co. Meath. www.excavations.ie.<br />

O’Brien, E. 1992. Pagan and Christian burial in Ireland during the first millennium AD:<br />

Continuity and change, in N Edwards & A Lane (eds.) <strong>The</strong> Early Church in Wales and the<br />

West: Recent Work in Early Christian Archaeology, History and Place-Names, 130–7. Oxbow<br />

Monograph 16. Oxford. Oxbow.<br />

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