1999:729 - MONAGHAN: The Diamond Centre, Monaghan

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Monaghan Site name: MONAGHAN: The Diamond Centre

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0141

Author: Eoghan Moore for Arch-Tech

Site type: Town

Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)

ITM: E 667268m, N 833789m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.248523, -6.967826

Testing was carried out on a site of proposed development at the Diamond Centre, Monaghan, on 22–9 March 1999 on behalf of the North-Eastern Health Board.

One test-trench was mechanically excavated. It was c. 30m long on a north-south axis x 1.2m. A series of 19th-century walls was uncovered in the southernmost area of the test-trench. A large quantity of red brick fragments, modern pottery, plastic and metal pieces was also uncovered.

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