1998:466 - PRIORSTATE, Louth, Louth
County: Louth
Site name: PRIORSTATE, Louth
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LH11:115
Licence number: 98E0227
Author: Donald Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 695844m, N 801167m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.950931, -6.539829
Archaeological assessment was undertaken at the site of a proposed commercial/residential development at Louth village, Co. Louth. The site lies within the area of archaeological importance occupied by the Early Christian monastery and the medieval borough. Two trenches were excavated along the footprint of the proposed house. Boulder clay occurred under sod at a depth of 0.3–0.4m. No archaeological features or objects were recovered.