Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Tullyallen, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullyallen
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.72779, -6.39846
- SMR number
- LH024-046----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A multi-phase ring barrow (external diam. c. 13.2m), with a centrally placed cremation contained within a pottery vessel, was uncovered here in 2000 prior to construction of the M1 Motorway (Excavation Licence No. 00E0429). The ditch (max. D c. 1m; Wth 1.9m) displayed three distinct phases of activity and at least six token cremations were discovered in the SE quadrant of the final phase. (Chapple 2002, 242-3)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 25 June 2013
References
Chapple, R. 2002 Tullyallen 1. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 242-3 (No. 715). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.