Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Charleville, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Charleville
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.85814, -6.42851
- SMR number
- LH018-069----
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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. 97E0475 ext.). A sub-rectangular shaped pit (2.7m x 0.85m; D 0.5m) which contained two distinct fills, the lower one consisted of a dark brown silty clay with frequent charcoal and burnt stone inclusions while the upper fill was sandy and contained frequent large stones. There were no finds. (Ó Drisceoil 2000, 189)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 11 July 2012
References
Ó Drisceoil, C. 2000 Charleville. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 189 (No. 555). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.