Habitation site

The National Monuments Service's description

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007

Roughly oval area (int. dims. c. 7m E-W, c. 5m N-S) enclosed by a bank (Wth c. 2.5-3.5m) at SW, revealed in the course of an excavation by G.D. Liversage in 1958 (JRSAI 1960, 49-60). The excavation showed that an unprepossessing low mound (LH024-007002-) contained the settlement site, which after falling into disuse had been reused for burials (see LH024-007003-, LH024-007004-, LH024-007005-). The settlement consisted of numerous stake-holes indicating an irregular tent-like structure enclosed by the bank and ditch. Other internal features included a stone-lined 'storage-bin' and 3 small pits. The irregular distribution of stake-holes led the excavator to suggest that this was a recurrent seasonal site of a semi-permanent nature. Though no datable artifacts were revealed at this level, the entire site was sealed by a clay layer above which the Neolithic material provides a firm dating horizon for the habitation layer.