1993:184 - SKREEN, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: SKREEN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 93E0006
Author: Rosanne Meenan
Author/Organisation Address: Roestown, Drumree, Co. Meath
Site type: Structure
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 695030m, N 760320m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.584141, -6.564789
A dwelling house was planned for south of the graveyard of the 14th-century Augustinian foundation on the Hill of Skreen which in turn was an early foundation dedicated to St Columba.
Monitoring of foundation trenching took place. A small open-sided stone structure was exposed which was interpreted as an area for mixing mortar as there was a concentration of mortar here. There was some evidence that it was of late 18th- or 19th-century date.