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Discovered during monitoring at 76 Seatown, Dundalk (Excavation Licence No. 03E0477), during the excavation of foundation trenches for an extension to an office building. Medieval deposits were uncovered throughout the site. Part of a medieval pit (L 2.2m; max. exposed Wth 1m; D 0.7m) was excavated. 'The fill contained frequent shell flecks (mussel, cockle), occasional whole oyster and periwinkle, ten animal bones and five small sherds of medieval pottery of local manufacture of c. 13th-14th-century date'. (Campbell 2006, 339)
Reference:
Campbell, K. 2006 Seatown, Dundalk Medieval Urban. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 339 (No. 1269). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 24 November 2011
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