Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
Crosses (monaghan By; Monaghan Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crosses (monaghan By; Monaghan Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.26643, -6.98862
- SMR number
- MO009-070----
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
Located on a steep S facing slope of a drumlin, and discovered during monitoring in advance of construction (Excavation Licence 00E0011). It was a sunken oval area (dims c. 1.8m x 1.1m, D 0.15m) with a stakehole cut into its base and it was filled with charcoal-rich, burnt soil. A second hearth (MO009-071----) was situated c. 1.5m to the E and a third hearth (MO009-069----) c. 60m W. (McLoughlin and Stafford 2000, 1-2)
Date of upload: 14 April 2011
References
McLoughlin, C. and Stafford, E. 2000, Stratigraphic Report of Monitoring and Excavation at the Crosses, Co Monaghan. Unpublished report, Licence No. 00E0011, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Nearby in the register
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.