Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - Neolithic
Newtownbalregan, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtownbalregan
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.01866, -6.44284
- SMR number
- LH007-172----
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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. 03E0114). An arc of seven post-holes may have formed a circular structure (diam. c. 5m) with two central post-holes. Two shallow, curvilinear trenches were uncovered around the structure. Twelve additional pits were also recorded, one of which contained evidence of in situ burning. Finds included 276 sherds of prehistoric pottery two Neolithic flint blades. Found in association with a fulacht fia (LH007-173----). (Bayley 2006, 342)
Reference:
Bayley, D. 2006 Newtownbalregan Neolithic house; fulachta fiadh. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 342 (No. 1285). Bray. Wordwell
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 8 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.