Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Ballagan, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballagan
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Croak Berthan
- Coordinates
- 54.00006, -6.10441
- SMR number
- LH009-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Situated at the tip of Ballagan Point c. 35m from the present shoreline. An irregularly-shaped mound (L 15m NW-SE, Wth 11.5m NE-SW, H 1.4m) aligned NW-SE, constructed of earth and stone, with some disturbance visible on surface. 'Souterrain ware' of undecorated type was recovered from the surface disturbance in 1985.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Enclosure2 mi
- Enclosure2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.