1998:423 - CHARLESTOWN, Louth

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Louth Site name: CHARLESTOWN

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 14:31 Licence number: 98E0247

Author: Donald Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 694995m, N 794873m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.894550, -6.554701

Archaeological assessment was carried out at a proposed residential site at Charlestown, Ardee, Co. Louth. The site lies close to the remains of a medieval church and the site of a barrow identified by ploughmarks. Four trenches were excavated along the foundations and bio-cycle of the site. The trenches were excavated to the natural, grey subsoil at 0.3m and 0.4m. No archaeological features or objects were recovered.

15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth