Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Tullyallen, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullyallen
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.72924, -6.40045
- SMR number
- LH024-051----
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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. 00E0947). A curvilinear ditch (max. Wth at the top of excavated section 2.9m; max. D 1.68m) which contained a flint scraper, two waste flint flakes, an inscribed stone disc and a small quantity of burnt bone. A small linear trench (L 3.1m; Wth 0.16m; max. D 0.25m) was located 5m N of this ditch and contained six struck flint flakes. (Campbell, 2002)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 25 June 2013
References
Campbell, K. 2002 Preliminary report - Archaeological Excavation - Northern Motorway (Gormanstown to Monasterboice), 'Tullyallen' Co. Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. Excavation Licence No. 00E0947. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
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- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.