County: Louth Site name: Lisdoo
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0632
Author: Gearóid Kelleher, The Archaeology Company Ltd, Hamilton House, Emmet Street, Birr, Co. Offaly.
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 704661m, N 808943m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.019076, -6.402882
The proposed development site is located on the Doylesfort road area of Lisdoo, c. 1km north of Dundalk town centre. The site is apparently waste ground that was once a working farm and is located within the zone of archaeological potential for a Lisdoo ringfort, LH007–016. A souterrain (LH007–01602), now inaccessible, is situated in the interior of this ringfort.
A programme of test-trenching around the perimeter of the fort and in the area of the proposed development has revealed nothing of archaeological significance. A buffer zone of at least 10m was recommended when constructing/altering the entrance from Doylesfort Road and 15–20m around the rest of the monument. The 10m zone is necessitated by a 19th-century access road associated with the derelict farmhouses. This road will be retained and altered to serve as the main access to the development site and is at a minimum of 11–12m from the outer bank of Lisdoo fort.
