2024:528 - ARDEE: Hale Street, Townparks, Louth
County: Louth
Site name: ARDEE: Hale Street, Townparks
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 24E1225
Author: Martin McGonigle, C/O John Cronin & Associates
Author/Organisation Address: Burnside, Saint Oran's Road, Buncrana, County Donegal
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 696451m, N 790375m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.853872, -6.533983
Archaeological monitoring was undertaken on 16 December 2024. The topsoil strip was undertaken by a 360˚ mechanical excavator. The area of the access lane was reduced in ground level by about 0.4m in depth to the formation level and excavated through a 0.2m thick layer of dark greyish-brown garden loam and a 0.2m thick underlying layer of mid-brown gravelly clayey silt mixed with small fragments of modern white ceramic, coal and red brick. The natural subsoil consisted of a light brownish-orange gritty silty clay. Extensive root activity was noted throughout the excavated area.
No archaeological features, finds or deposits were identified.