Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
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
- 53.85757, -6.44732
- SMR number
- LH018-067----
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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 prior to road construction (Excavation Licence No. 99E0200). A sub-rectangular pit (2.02m x 1.9m; max. D 0.2m) filled with charcoal-stained clay. (Seaver 2000, 220-1)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 11 July 2012
References
Seaver, M. 2000 Richardstown 4. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 220-1 (No. 634) Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.