County: Louth Site name: CARLINGFORD ABBEY, Carlingford
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 93E0064
Author: John Channing
Site type: Religious house - Dominican friars
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 718875m, N 811433m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.038364, -6.185112
Archaeological excavations were conducted over a five-week period between 26th April and 28th May. The work was funded by the OPW and facilitated conservation of the site. Post-medieval burial activity had continued inside the church structure and thus little undisturbed medieval strata were encountered.
The excavations revealed an original doorway surface at the west end of the church. Inhumations were encountered in all cuttings and are currently being analysed. The tower, separating the chancel and nave, appears to be a later addition, the south wall of which partly sits over a foundation plinth: this is not matched on the northern side. The plinth may be related to an earlier structure associated with the adjacent mural stairway.
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