Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Roche (dundalk Upr By; Roche Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roche (dundalk Upr By; Roche Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.04642, -6.48355
- SMR number
- LH003-030----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Situated on the summit of a broad ridge in undulating countryside. Circular mound of dark red clay (overall diam. 17.5m, H 2.3m) with modern depression in the centre. The mound is enclosed by a modern stone wall forming a square enclosure (23m by 22.5m).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.