Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Whiterath, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whiterath
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92571, -6.41463
- SMR number
- LH012-065001-
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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
Discovered prior to road construction (Excavation Licence 99E0485). Three sections of ditches (one on E side, one on W side and one in between two) were excavated. A geophysical survey showed that the eastern and western ditch were part of the same circular enclosure (with a diam. of 41m). The excavator suggested that the ditches may represent phases in the construction of a ringfort. A large number of finds were recovered including ring pins, iron knives, souterrain ware and medieval pottery, a polished stone axehead, iron hooks, an iron reaping hook, industrial slag and a large quantity of animal bone. Remains of a souterrain (LH012-065002-) were also uncovered. (Ó Drisceoil 2002, 244)
Ó Drisceoil, C. 2002 Site 2, Whiterath in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 244 (No. 721). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 April 2012
References
Ó Drisceoil, C. 2002 Site 2, Whiterath in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 244 (No. 721). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.