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ABCD: 1321

Newgrange 62-75 Co. Meath


Site code:
1321


Site details:
Location: Newgrange 62-75, Co. Meath, 1984, Meath, Ireland, Eire 100210
Period: Late neolithic/Beaker
Category: burial cairn
Notes: apparently both sets of authors worked on the same turves
Topography: low ridge in river valley 61mOD
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Groenman-van Waateringe W and Pals J P. 1984. Pollen and seed analysis 219-23. In: O'Kelly M J. 1984. Newgrange Archaeology, Art and Legend. London: Thames and Hudson. Ireland, Eire, Meath

Monk M A and Williams D A. 1984. Macroscopic plant remains. 233-5. In: O'Kelly M J. 1984. Newgrange Archaeology, Art and Legend. London: Thames and Hudson. Ireland, Eire, Meath

Processed by
JPP - Pals, J P: IPP Amsterdam

MAM - Monk, Mick A: Dept Archaeology, Cork

WGV - Groenman-van Waateringe, Willy: IPP, Amsterdam

Sample: 1321a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.NE:BA.LN:BE Z 1978-50 turf layer nr neolithic -2650 -2230

Context integrity: 3
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 2
Environmental interpretion: turves cut in the river valley
Archaeological interpretion: cut turves used for mound construction

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Agrostis sp. pro w 26 4
Brachythecium rutabulum pro w Q ++ 1
Brassica sp. pro w T 5 3
Carex otrubae/vulpina pro w 6 3
Carex sp. pro w 10 3
Cirsium arvense pro w 1 1
indet. pro w 7 3
Juncus conglomeratus/effusus/inflexus pro w L 1 1
Malus sylvestris pro w 1 1
Montia cf. fontana pro w 92 4
Montia fontana ssp. chondrosperma pro w ? 40 4
Plagiomnium undulatum pro w Q1 + 1
Poa sp. pro w 4 2
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 10 3
Potentilla anserina pro w 7 3
Potentilla erecta pro w 57 4
Prunella vulgaris pro w 9 3
Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w L 280 5
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 2 1
Rubus sp. pro w 6 3
Rumex sp. pro w 11 3
Stellaria graminea pro w 9 3
Stellaria media pro w 48 4
Taraxacum officinale agg. pro w 66 4
Urtica dioica pro w 6 3


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