County: Louth Site name: Farrandreg
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LH007-121, LH007-125 Licence number: 18E0682 ext.
Author: Níall Garahy, Archaeology Plan
Site type: Fulachtaí fiadh, Bronze Age
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 703119m, N 807743m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.008602, -6.426815
Several geological trial pits were opened under archaeological supervision at a proposed development site on Mount Avenue. The site was previously tested under Licence 18E0682 and two isolated pits and a ditch were discovered in the northern half of the field (Garahy 2019).
Two fulachtaí fiadh had been previously identified and partially excavated at the southern side of the field during monitoring works in advance of a pipeline (Bolger 2000).
No archaeological features or deposits were identified during the monitoring of the geological trial pits.
Bibliography
Bolger, T. 2000. Archaeological Excavation of The Farrandreg Drainage System. Preliminary Report. Licence number: 00E0698. Unpublished archaeological report
Garahy, N. 2019. Archaeological Testing at Mount Avenue, Farrandreg, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Licence number: 18E0682. Unpublished archaeological report
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