County: Monaghan Site name: MONAGHAN: Market Road/Dawson Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 96E0282
Author: Ronan Swan
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 667236m, N 833005m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.241483, -6.968487
Archaeological investigation took place at a site located at Market Road/Dawson Street, Monaghan. Five trenches were mechanically opened, and all were dug to reveal the underlying natural deposits. In the eastern area of the site a layer of peat was identified overlying two distinct marl deposits, while in the western area these marl deposits were replaced by deposits of sand. These natural deposits suggest that the eastern portion of the site was at one time a lake. The surface deposits were composed of building debris associated with recent activity on the site, including drains, culverts and sewerage pipes. No archaeological features or artefacts were revealed and in no cases were deposits of archaeological significance encountered.
746 Howth Rd. Raheny, Dublin 5
