Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymascanlan, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymascanlan
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.03345, -6.36467
- SMR number
- LH004-127001-
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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
Discovered during archaeological test trenching (Excavation Licence No. 96E0039). Part of a curving ditch (Wth 2.5 - 3m; max. D 1.85m) containing animal bones and mussel shells was uncovered. Proposed development was moved to avoid further impact on the site. The available evidence has led to the suggestion 'that this was the ditch of an enclosure of the Early Christian period' (Campbell 1997, 73). Souterrain (LH004-127002-) situated c. 10m N of where ditch was excavated.
Reference:
Campbell, K. 1997 Ballymacscanlan. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1996: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 73 (No. 258). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 18 November 2011
References
Campbell, K. 1997a Ballymacscanlan. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1996: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 73. Bray. Wordwell.
Campbell, K. 1997b Preliminary report on archaeological excavations at 78 Bridge St., Dundalk, Co. Louth. Unpublished archaeological report.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.