Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement cluster
Battsland,dunleer,ravel, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Battsland,dunleer,ravel
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.83078, -6.39385
- SMR number
- LH018-064----
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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
Located on the White River, Dunleer was the site of an Early Christian monastery which was burned and plundered by the Vikings. It was later settled by the Anglo Normans. (Bradley 1985) (See LH018-064001- to LH018-064011- for records associated with the early ecclesiastical settlement).
Compiled by Claire Breen
Uploaded 30 June 2021
References
Bradley, J. and King, H.A. 1985 Urban archaeological survey - county Louth. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.