Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Farrandreg, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farrandreg
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.01017, -6.42171
- SMR number
- LH007-136----
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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 monitoring of top soil stripping (Excavation Licence No. 01E1008). An oval shaped pit (2.76m x 1.8m; D 0.46m) covered with a thin layer of burnt mound material. It was filled with material very similar to that of the fulacht fia (LH007-135----) found in the same field. (Danaher, 2001)
Reference:
Danaher, E. 2001 Preliminary report on archaeological excavations at Farrandreg, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Section, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 01 December 2011
References
Danaher, E. 2001 Preliminary report on archaeological excavations at Farrandreg, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Section, Heritage and Planning Division, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.