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Souterrain

Haggardstown, County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Souterrain, Haggardstown, County Louth, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Haggardstown
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.97749, -6.39657
SMR number
LH007-132001-

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David 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.). Damaged by machine action before excavation commenced. Walls were constructed of roughly coursed drystone and the roof where it survived was composed of a mixture of lintels and corbelling. Three distinct passages were identified. The entrance passage (L 3m) ran E-W then it turned in a N-S direction (L 7m; avg Wth 1m; H 1m) and off this there was a passage running in an E-W direction (L 5m) and curving gently towards the N. A chamber was situated at the end of the N-S passage and a second one at the end of the second E-W passage. The latter chamber (2.5m N-S; 1.5m E-W; max. H 1.5m) was an intact beehive shaped corbelled chamber. Finds included an amber bead, a possible loom weight, half a possible lignite bracelet, several metal objects and a quantity of animal bone. (McLoughlin 2000, 214)

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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