Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Termonfeckin, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Termonfeckin
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.76018, -6.26873
- SMR number
- LH022-041017-
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 test trenching in 2000 (Excavation Licence No. 00E0273). A spread of burnt stones in a heavily stained charcoal soil was noted and it extended beyond the limits of the trench to either side. (O' Carroll 2002, 240-1)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 23 August 2012
References
O'Carroll, F. 2002 Termonfeckin. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 240-41 (No. 710). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.