Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
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
- 53.97120, -6.38390
- SMR number
- LH012-093----
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
Test excavations were carried out in advance of proposed development at this location in 2002 (Excavation Licence No. 02E0549). Spreads of charcoal rich clay and heat fractured stones, linear features of probable early medieval date and a number of possible pits were identified. Finds included a number of sherds of coarse, early medieval pottery and numerous pieces of metal slag. (Walsh 2004, 381-2). Further testing in 2006 did not reveal any archaeological material (McLoughlin 2009, 352-3).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 4 May 2012
References
Walsh, F. 2004 Haggardstown Early medieval industrial activity. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 381-2 No. 1348). Bray. Wordwell
McLoughlin, G. 2009 Haggardstown No archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 352-3 (1365). Bray. Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.