Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Moneymore, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneymore
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71432, -6.34882
- SMR number
- LH024-041053-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
The remains of clay floors and stone walls were discovered during archaeological test excavation at Bessexwell Lane in 1996 (Excavation Licence No. 96E0030). Medieval pottery, leather scraps and three wooden pins were recovered from a layer of peat which underlay the site. (Campbell 1997, 74-5)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 29 August 2012
References
Campbell, K. 1997 Bessexswell Lane, Drogheda. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1996: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 74 (No. 266). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Quayunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.