County: Louth Site name: DUNDALK: Crowe Street/Demesne
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 7:119 Licence number: 98E0310
Author: Donald Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: Historic town
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 704831m, N 807323m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.004490, -6.400841
Testing took place at the site of the demolished public conveniences, Crowe Street and Demesne, Dundalk, Co. Louth, in advance of the proposed construction of new facilities.
Trench 1 was excavated at Crowe Street and was 2.5m long and 1m wide. Under concrete a layer of grey/brown, stony loam with red brick inclusions was encountered. The trench was dug to 1m, which was the required depth for the development.
Trench 2 was dug at Demesne, into a flowerbed. The topsoil was 0.3m deep and overlay a sand deposit 0.3m deep. This in turn overlay a grey/brown, sandy clay loam with inclusions of red brick.
15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth
