What is recorded here
Uncovered during monitoring of top soil stripping prior to the development of the technology park (Excavation Licence 98E0440 ext.). Consisted of a hearth (L 1m; Wth 0.7m), surrounded by nineteen stake-holes. A large pit was situated to the W of the hearth which contained sherds of Bronze Age pottery and to the N were two more pits one of which also contained Bronze Age pottery. (McLoughlin 2000, 213)
Reference:
McLoughlin, C. 2000 Mullagharlin/Haggardstown, Dundalk. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 213-15 (No. 610). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 30 November 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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