Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Dromiskin, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromiskin
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92034, -6.39586
- SMR number
- LH012-077----
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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 pre-development test excavation (Excavation Licence No. 96E0261). A small area was investigated which revealed a layer of burnt stones with inclusions of charcoal. Full extent was not excavated. (Campbell 1997a, 78-9)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of uplaod: 20 April 2012
References
Campbell, K. 1997 Dromiskin. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1996: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 78-9 (No. 280). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Platform - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Slab-lined burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.