1998:466 - PRIORSTATE, Louth, Louth

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Louth Site name: PRIORSTATE, Louth

Sites and Monuments Record No.: LH11:115 Licence number: 98E0227

Author: Donald Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 695844m, N 801167m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.950931, -6.539829

Archaeological assessment was undertaken at the site of a proposed commercial/residential development at Louth village, Co. Louth. The site lies within the area of archaeological importance occupied by the Early Christian monastery and the medieval borough. Two trenches were excavated along the footprint of the proposed house. Boulder clay occurred under sod at a depth of 0.3–0.4m. No archaeological features or objects were recovered.

15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth