County: Meath Site name: DULEEK: Main Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0136
Author: Deirdre Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 704558m, N 768428m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.655165, -6.418227
Archaeological testing of a proposed commercial development at Main Street, Duleek, Co. Meath, took place in May 1997. The site was located within the area of Anglo-Norman settlement. Six trenches were excavated, covering the site.
Trench 1, excavated in a north-east to south-west direction parallel to the road, revealed subsoil at a depth of 1.1m. However, at the north-east end of the trench the subsoil was visible at 1.75m, suggesting a ditched feature. The fill was sterile and the feature was up to 2m in width.
Trench 4, excavated parallel to Trench 1, revealed the same feature, this time up to 2.3m in width and 1.8m in depth. The fill was of sterile coarse gravel and sand. No further archaeological features were uncovered and the ditch may be natural.
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