County: Louth Site name: THE THOLSEL, CARLINGFORD
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LH005–04209 Licence number: C378; E4050
Author: Gill McLoughlin, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 718875m, N 811559m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.039495, -6.185062
Monitoring took place in association with the
proposed development of a public house at a site adjacent to the Tholsel, Carlingford, Co. Louth. The proposed development will involve the construction of a two-storey gable extension to the north-west facade of a two-storey residential house and a sunken lounge area in the southern corner of the site. The Tholsel is listed as a national monument as it forms part of the medieval town defences surrounding Carlingford. There will be no impact on the Tholsel itself. Monitoring was carried out on 20 November 2009 and no archaeological features or finds were identified. Further monitoring is due to be carried out in 2010.
