2013:409 - HACKBALLSCROSS: Barronstown and Carrickastuck, Louth
County: Louth
Site name: HACKBALLSCROSS: Barronstown and Carrickastuck
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 13E0421
Author: Aidan O’Connell
Author/Organisation Address: 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Site type: House - 19th century and Hearth
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 696766m, N 801108m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.950229, -6.525806
(to 697650 809901)
Testing took place of a proposed realignment of the N53 at Hackballscross, Co. Louth. A total of 15 trenches, of 1320m, were excavated to subsoil. A single hearth, the remains of a 19th-century house was recorded at the western end of the scheme. No archaeological finds or features were recorded.