2005:1067 - DRUMAD (Area 9), Louth

This site was situated at the edge of forestry in a dip on an east-facing slope, providing natural drainage from the hills above. It was close to a souterrain (SMR 4:1) and was discovered during Phase 1 testing. An area measuring 40m by 30m was stripped of topsoil revealing a modern field drain running east–west, cut through stony material which had been used to fill a natural hollow prior to 19th-century cultivation. This dumped material, which was heavily silted, also contained some burnt stony material, which may have been derived from earlier, possibly prehistoric, activity.