Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Newtownbalregan, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtownbalregan
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.01462, -6.44485
- SMR number
- LH007-171----
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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
Excavated in advance of the construction of the M1 Dundalk Western Bypass (Excavation Licence No. 03E0113). Two hearths, and a series of pits, post-holes and stake-holes were uncovered. One pit contained 170 sherds of Early Bronze Age pottery and another contained a complete, but broken, polypod bowl. (Bayley 2006, 342)
Reference:
Bayley, D. 2006 Newtownbalregan Beaker habitation site. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 342 (No. 1284). Bray. Wordwell
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 8 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- House - Neolithicunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.