Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Mullagharlin, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullagharlin
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.97735, -6.39720
- SMR number
- LH007-132002-
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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
As part of a monitoring programme prior to the development of the technology park (Excavation Licence 98E0440 ext.), two distinct linear features were exposed between a souterrain (LH007-132001-) and a horseshoe-shaped enclosure (LH007-095----). The first (LH007-132002-) ran towards the enclosure and had been cut through by the N-S passage of the souterrain, no artefacts were recovered from it. The second (LH007-132003-) was located approximately 3m N of the souterrain, and consisted of a central linear feature with two crescent shaped arcs projecting off either side of it, one of which contained the partial remains of an articulated skeleton. (McLoughlin 2000, 214- 15)
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
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.