County: Meath Site name: DONORE QUARRY, Donore
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Margaret Gowen
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 704492m, N 773108m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.697215, -6.417646
Monitoring, by Kieran Campbell, of all topsoil removal during the preparation of the site for shale quarrying revealed only small feature. It was a shallow pit 0.16m deep and max. 1.2m wide with no associated features or archaeological soils. It was lined with clay 30mm thick on the sides and 10-20mm thick at the base and filled with burnt stones – pot-boilers(?), average size 40mm.
5 St. Catherine's Road, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
