Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Haggardstown, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Haggardstown
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97575, -6.38927
- SMR number
- LH012-066----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 during archaeological test trenching (Excavation Licence No. 01E0015). A number of ditches were exposed along with wall foundations, a hearth, pits, spreads of burning and charcoal deposits. Finds recovered included a fragment of Souterrain ware pottery, shell remains and fragments of human and animal bone. The evidence produced from these test trenches has led the excavator to suggest that it may represent a possible multi-period enclosed settlement site. (Moore 2001). Possibly the same monument as LH012-109----.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 April 2012
References
Moore, D. 2001 Archaeological test trenching of land in Haggardstown, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Section Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.