Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Dowdallshill, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dowdallshill
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.01759, -6.37747
- SMR number
- LH007-186----
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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
Excavations in advance of a residential development at Dundalk Racecourse (Excavation Licence No. 04E1180) uncovered five concentrations of archaeological activity. 'Area 5' consisted of a large oval-shaped deposit of oyster shells (L 16.4m; Wth 10m), with a number of associated pits. Finds included a flint flake and a possible sherd of souterrain ware. 'Area's 1 2 and 3' contained a series of prehistoric pits (LH007-184----) and 'area 4' contained a fulacht fia (LH007-185----). (O' Neill 2007, 258)
Reference:
O' Neill T. 2007 Dundalk Racecourse, Dowdallshill Various. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 258 (No. 1080). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 8 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.