Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Lagavooren, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lagavooren
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.70860, -6.34385
- SMR number
- LH024-061----
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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
Two pits cut into subsoil and an associated metalled surface were uncovered here during archaeological monitoring of drainage works (Excavation Licence No. 00E0629). No finds were recovered from these features but a barbed and tanged arrowhead and a sherd of blackware pottery were found on the surface beside the pits. (O' Brien 2002, 221-2)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 03 July 2013
References
O'Brien, R. 2002 Lagavooren, Drogheda. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 221-2, no. 660. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
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