PHOENIXTOWN 2

Site Name/ TownlandSite NumberDescriptionBasic InterpretationProvisional dating
Phoenixtown 24-11Metalled road & ditchesRoad & possible field systemMedieval

 

Another medieval site in the form of a road and probable field boundaries was identified at Phoenixtown 2 between Navan and Kells (Section 4).

Textual description below
Extract of 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836) showing location of the archaeological site at Phoenixtown 2, indicated by the blue circle in the centre of the image. Phoenixtown Crossroads is located to the south-east of the site, with roads leading north-west to Oristown, north-east to Donaghpatrick, south to Bohermeen and south-east to Ardbraccan. (Reproduced by courtesy of the Board of Trinity College Dublin).

Return to Section 4.

 

Interim Report

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Interim Report of Phoenixtown 2 30.0MB