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Discovered during the development of playing pitches at Dundalk Institute of Technology (Excavation Licence Nos. 02E0008 (area 19) and 02E0654). Excavation revealed two hearths (see also LH007-159001-) and a pit. One of the hearths had three stakeholes either side of it, which probably represented the remains of a spit. (Mossop 2002, 34-5, 47; Mossop 2004, 378; O' Hara 2004, 380-1)
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 Unpublished archaeological report.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.
O' Hara, R. 2004 Area 17, Marshes Upper, Dundalk. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 380-1 (No. 1343). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 6 December 2011
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