Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - medieval
Liberties of Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liberties of Carlingford
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.04289, -6.18752
- SMR number
- LH005-042014-
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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 trial test trenching (Excavation Licence No. 94E0187). Excavation revealed a peaty layer partly defined by a stone setting. Possible traces of wattle were also noted (Murphy 1995, 59-60). Remains may represent traces of one or more houses.
Reference:
Murphy, D. 1995 Newry St., Carlingford. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1994: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 59-60 (No. 166). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 22 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.