What is recorded here
Discovered during land stripping for the development of playing pitches at the Dundalk Institute of Technology (Excavation Licence No. 02E008). A possible corn-drying kiln around part of which a semi-circular ditch was noted. Covered and preserved in situ. (Mossop 2002, 12 and 41; Mossop 2004, 375)
References:
Mossop, M. 2002 Archaeological monitoring and investigations, Dundalk Institute of Technology, County Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Section, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin
Mossop, M. 2004 Marshes Upper, Dundalk. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 375-8 (No. 1335). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 01 December 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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