County: Meath Site name: ST ERC’S HERMITAGE, Slane Castle Demesne
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ME019-026 Licence number: 95E0026
Author: John Channing
Site type: Church
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 695961m, N 774113m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.707875, -6.546486
The investigation provided evidence for rebuilding and truncation. The structures were built into a steep natural. Ground-floor levels were dictated by the natural topography, and thus differ throughout the monument.
The investigation did not definitively clarify the construction sequence, mainly because of truncation by later burials.
Editor’s note: This excavation, though carried out in 1995, was not reported on in time for inclusion in the bulletin for that year.
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