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Excavation - miscellaneous

Drumleck (Louth by; Dromiskin par.), County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Drumleck (Louth by, County Louth, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumleck (Louth by; Dromiskin par.)
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.90583, -6.41831
SMR number
LH015-033----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A pit (diam. 1.5m) filled with charcoal and burnt stone discovered prior to road construction (Excavation Licence No. 97E0475 ext.). (Ó Drisceoil 2000, 207)

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Date of upload: 19 June 2012

References

Ó Drisceoil, C. 2000 Drumleck. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 207 (No. 592). Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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