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2006:1371 - HAYNESTOWN (Site 9), Louth

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Louth

Site name: HAYNESTOWN (Site 9)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: 06E0470

Author: David Bayley, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.

Author/Organisation Address: 9 Albert Terrace, Meath Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow

Site type: Burnt spread and Pit

Period/Dating: Undetermined

ITM: E 705557m, N 802735m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.963131, -6.391363

Site 9 comprised a horseshoe-shaped burnt spread that measured 22m by 17m by 0.25m deep and 23 associated pits, including a wood-lined trough. Two isolated pits to the south-east of the main excavation area were also recorded. No finds were recovered. A post-medieval field drain truncated the burnt spread.


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