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The site at Macetown 1 was excavated by Archaeological Consultancy Service 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 29 March and 5 May 2006 under Ministerial Direction Number A023/008 issued by DOEHLG in consultation with the NMI. The site at Macetown 1 contained a series of shallow isolated pits, some containing cremated bone inclusions, charcoal and heat affected stones. They likely represent prehistoric ritual and domestic activity. A number of pieces of Late Bronze Age domestic pottery were also recovered from one of the pits which together with a radiocarbon date of 414 – 206BC from charcoal recovered from another pit indicates that activity on the site dated from the Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age period. Two linear ditches were also recorded on the site. These are interpreted as post-medieval drainage / field boundary ditches.