2001:809 - AGHADEGNAN, Longford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Longford Site name: AGHADEGNAN

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0873

Author: Edward Danaher, Archaeological Consultancy Services

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.

15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth