Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Richardstown (ardee By., Richardstown Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Richardstown (ardee By., Richardstown Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.85864, -6.46051
- SMR number
- LH017-104----
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 during archaeological monitoring prior to pipe laying (Excavation Licence No. 99E0465). A burnt mound (11.5m x 9.8m) was initially exposed. Excavation uncovered a sub-rectangular trough (2.4m x 1.4m) cut into a layer of grey marl. It was lined with a charcoal layer that may have represented burnt wooden lining and its base was cut by fourteen post-holes. The full extent of the site was not excavated as part of it lay outside the land-take for the pipe. (Seaver 2000, 221)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 29 June 2012
References
Seaver, M. 2000 Richardstown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 221 (636). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.