Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
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
- 53.96476, -6.41306
- SMR number
- LH012-116----
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
Archaeological testing (14E0027) on behalf of Bord Gáis Networks identified habitation material in February 2014, which was further investigated under the same licence by Gill McLoughlin when two groups of pits and two larger outlying pits were recorded. In all eight pits (diam. up to c. 0.8m) were excavated, but further material probably lies outside the excavated area of (dims c. 10m x c. 8m). The lithic and pottery assemblage suggests a late Neolithic date, which is supported by a C14 date of 2862-2498 Cal. BC. (McLoughlin 2014)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25/06/2015
References
McLoughlin, G. 2014 Final excavation report, Haynestown, Co. Louth. Licence No. 14E0027. Unpublished report, Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.