Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Haynestown, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Haynestown
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97214, -6.41418
- SMR number
- LH012-084----
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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 No. 93E0098). A 45m section of a ditch was excavated and it continued beyond the road take. It ran downhill from a corn drying kiln (LH012-083----). Its width varied between 1m and 4 metres. Two adult human skeletons and a flint scraper were found in the fill. The precise function of this ditch is not certain but it appeared to be associated with the operation of the kiln, perhaps for diverting unwanted water away from it. (O' Sullivan, 1993)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 4 May 2012
References
O'Sullivan, M. 1993 Report on the archaeological excavations at Haynestown, Co. Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.