County: Louth Site name: DROGHEDA: 1 Bolton Street/Square
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 24:41 Licence number: 99E0742
Author: Ian Russell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 708503m, N 775497m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.717856, -6.356099
An assessment was carried out on a proposed two-storey extension at 1 Bolton Street/Square, Drogheda. The site is just inside the north-west angle of the medieval town wall. One trench was excavated by machine along the western wall of the proposed development. A dark brown layer containing stone was exposed below the topsoil at an average depth of 0.45m. This layer contained a number of 19th-century pottery sherds and clay pipe fragments and probably represents a layer of demolition material that was spread over the site to raise the ground level. This in turn overlay the natural, orange boulder clay at an average depth of 0.95m. No archaeological features or deposits were uncovered.
15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth
