Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Tattyboys, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tattyboys
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.89940, -6.59280
- SMR number
- LH014-065----
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 prior to road construction (Excavation Licence No. 98E0125 (site B)). Excavation revealed a thin spread of grey, charcoal flecked soil, which contained fragments of burnt cow's teeth. (Breen 1998, 4)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 31 May 2012
References
Breen, T. 1998 Archaeological monitoring and excavation: N2 road improvement scheme Ardee, Co. Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Cremated remainsunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.