Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Haggardstown, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Haggardstown
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.97869, -6.39359
- SMR number
- LH007-130----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Uncovered during monitoring of top soil stripping prior to the development of the technology park (Excavation Licence 98E0440 ext.). Consisted of a hearth (L 1m; Wth 0.7m), surrounded by nineteen stake-holes. A large pit was situated to the W of the hearth which contained sherds of Bronze Age pottery and to the N were two more pits one of which also contained Bronze Age pottery. (McLoughlin 2000, 213)
Reference:
McLoughlin, C. 2000 Mullagharlin/Haggardstown, Dundalk. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 213-15 (No. 610). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 30 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.