Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Harristown (ardee By; Stickillin Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Harristown (ardee By; Stickillin Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.85410, -6.48988
- SMR number
- LH017-112002-
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 in 1993, during excavation work for the foundations of a dwelling. When inspected by the OPW a number of lintel graves were cut through and more were visible in the sections of the trenches. One grave was archaeologically excavated and recorded. This was a typical lintel grave, roofed with small slabs which rested on side slabs which in turn were set slightly below the unpaved floor level of the grave. It contained the remains of two individuals and was orientated in an E-W direction with the head to the W of the grave. All the exposed graves appeared to be at one level leading to the suggestion that the cemetery was used for a relatively short period of time. (pers. comm. Fionnbarr Moore, SMR file)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 29 June 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- House - Neolithicunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.