Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newtownbalregan, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtownbalregan
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.01954, -6.44218
- SMR number
- LH007-174001-
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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. 03E0115). A circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 46m; ext. diam. 50-52m) defined by U-shaped ditch (Wth 2-4m wide, max D 1.5m) and a causewayed entrance (Wth 5m) facing east towards Dundalk Harbour. No trace of a bank. A number of pits and post-holes were uncovered in the interior. Finds included a copper alloy penannular brooch, two stick pins, three decorated glass beads, a possible knife, 32 pieces of souterrain ware and 226 pieces of struck flint. A souterrain (LH007-174002-) was uncovered 5m to the SW of the ditch. (Bayley 2006, 343)
Reference:
Bayley, D. 2006 Newtownbalregan Ringfort with souterrain. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 343 (No. 1286). Bray. Wordwell
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 8 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - Neolithicunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.