County: Louth Site name: DROGHEDA: 9 Laurence Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0017
Author: Deirdre Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 709097m, N 775267m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.715667, -6.347186
Archaeological testing was carried out at this site which is located on the north side of Laurence Street. The site is located within the medieval walled town of Drogheda in a street that was most likely in existence at the beginning of the 13th century. The excavation of three test-trenches revealed that boulder clay existed very close to the surface. This is not surprising as the site is cut into the side of a hill.
There were no features or finds of medieval date, but quite a large assemblage of post-medieval pottery survived intact on the site.
5 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth
