Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
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
- 53.96591, -6.37057
- SMR number
- LH012-069001-
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 as a result of land reduction for development (Excavation Licence No. 95E0126). Prior to arrival of an archaeologist on site, the capstones of a souterrain (LH012-069002-) had been disturbed causing it to collapse in on itself. A number of trenches were excavated around the souterrain to reveal an enclosing ditch with a diam. of c. 30m. The ditch was not evident in the S, leading to the suggestion that this was perhaps the location of the entrance. The fill contained a large quantity of bone and shell. (McConway 1995b)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 April 2012
References
McConway, L. 1995b Site assessment at souterrain site, Sandygrove, Blackrock, Co. Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.