Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Port, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Port
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.98020, -8.07269
- SMR number
- LE027-145----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 2018, Archaeological test excavations (Excavation Licence No. 18E0591) in advance of a proposed mixed development at Port Townland, Leitrim Village revealed a deposit of blackened peaty clay; a possible charcoal-enriched soil with occasional burnt stone within the matrix of black soil. The material was uncovered 0.2m below the ground surface in a 1m wide test- trench. While not extensive, it was interpreted by the excavator as representing a possible burnt spread in the vicinity. Consequently, proposed works at this location were to be relocated to avoid any potential disturbance to this material. (https://excavations.ie/report/2018/Leitrim/0027094/ Accessed 27 February, 2023.)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 27 February 2023
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Canalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.