What is recorded here
Excavations in advance of a residential development at Dundalk Racecourse (Excavation Licence No. 04E1180) uncovered five concentrations of archaeological activity. 'Area 5' consisted of a large oval-shaped deposit of oyster shells (L 16.4m; Wth 10m), with a number of associated pits. Finds included a flint flake and…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH007-186
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- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- GilPe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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