Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Duffsfarm, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Duffsfarm
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75986, -6.26553
- SMR number
- LH022-048----
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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 works associated with the Termonfeckin/Baltray Sewerage Scheme (Excavation Licence No. 03E0162 / 03E0273). The remains of a possible pit-burial were uncovered but as they lay outside the pipe trench they were preserved in-situ. The excavator described it as a similar feature to the pit burial uncovered under the same scheme (see LH022-046----). (Quinn 2003)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 23 August 2012
References
Quinn, A. 2003 Archaeological Excavations at Duffsfarm Termonfeckin, County Louth. Unpublished Excavation report, Licence numbers 03E0273 and 03E0162, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.