County: Louth Site name: DRUMAD (Area 7)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A002/101
Author: Sinclair Turrell, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 707391m, N 816790m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.089000, -6.358462
The site, which was located at the edge of forestry on the east-facing slope of a hill, was discovered during Phase 1 test-trenching. A 20m by 20m cutting revealed a large spread of topsoil containing 19th-century finds and covering a stone-filled linear feature running east–west. This feature became shallower to the east, where it petered out. It probably represented a natural gully filled with stones prior to 19th-century cultivation. A small oval feature with a charcoal-rich fill was probably the result of tree clearance.
Windsor House, 11 Fairview Strand, Fairview, Dublin 3
