What is recorded here
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Discovered in 1978 during excavation of a house foundation. Deposit of shells, oval in plan (L c. 5m, Wth c. 3m, T c. 0.5m), consisting mainly of cockles (Cordium edule) together with a few mussels (Mytilus edulis). No datable artefacts were recovered. (CLAJ 1978, 143)
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