Lehaunstown (Loughlinstown) military camp

Military camp site (1795-c.1798)

Large encampment set up on Church land at Lehaunstown to defend Killiney Bay against a French landing: tents, then wooden huts on two ridges between Tully church and the Loughlinstown River, for c. 4,000 men (Ferrar, 1796). Opening date given as 1 June 1795 (Rathmichael Historical Record 1975) or 1794 (excavation report). Excavation has found middens and a camp kitchen. An earlier camp of James II's army in 1690 is recorded nearby.

Period: 1795-1798
Distance: 2.0 km from St Anne's Church

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Sources: National Monuments Service · excavations.ie · photopol.com · photopol.com