Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - medieval
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
- 53.71407, -6.35002
- SMR number
- LH024-041056-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Discovered during pre-development excavation associated with the Drogheda Main Drainage and Wastewater Disposal Scheme in 1996 (Excavation Licences 96E0160 and 98E0299). The walls (Wth c. 1.35m; H 0.9m) of a thirteenth-century building, a cobbled floor and a stone lined well were uncovered. Two doorways (Wth 1.45m) were found in the building leading to Dyer Street. Finds recovered include several bronze buckles, two medieval coins and a leather shoe. (pers. comm. Eoin Corcoran (Archaeological Consultancy Services Limited))
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 29 August 2012
Nearby in the register
- Quayunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.