Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Philipstown (ardee By., Mosstown Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Philipstown (ardee By., Mosstown Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81314, -6.47439
- SMR number
- LH017-079002-
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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
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 June 2012
Revised by: Claire Breen
Low rectangular mound (max. dims. 19m by 14m) in centre of circular enclosure. Locally known as 'the relic field' or 'Teampull Ciomhain'. (CLAJ 1923, 204). Probably indicates the remains of a church (LH017-079001-) and graveyard (LH017-079002-).
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.