2001:809 - AGHADEGNAN, Longford
County: Longford
Site name: AGHADEGNAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 01E0873
Author: Edward Danaher, Archaeological Consultancy Services
Author/Organisation Address: 15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 612818m, N 776917m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.741738, -7.805691
Monitoring was conducted during topsoil-stripping in advance of the construction of a fast-food outlet. The sod and topsoil extended to an average depth of 0.4m and overlay the orange clay/sandy subsoil.
A dark brown peaty layer was exposed under the sod within the north-western corner of the site. This deposit extended to an average depth of 0.7m and overlay the mottled cream boulder clay. No archaeological deposits or features were exposed.