Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Hill of Rath, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hill of Rath
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.74310, -6.40311
- SMR number
- LH024-042002-
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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 prior to road construction (Excavation Licence No. 00E0535; Area A). Two pits (LH024-042002- and LH024-042003-) were uncovered, one circular in shape and one linear (full extent of the latter was not excavated as it ran under the road-take). Both contained burnt stone, charcoal, burnt bone and fragments of cordoned urn. The circular pit contained five sherds of cordoned urn while the linear pit contained three sherds, all of which appeared to be from the one vessel. The linear pit also contained some fragments of flint. (Duffy 2002, 231)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 21 June 2013
References
Duffy, C. 2002 Hill of Rath. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 231-3 (No. 688). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
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- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.