2001:831 - ARDEE: Market Square, Louth
County: Louth
Site name: ARDEE: Market Square
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 01E0425
Author: Helen Kehoe, c/o Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 695917m, N 790888m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.858581, -6.541928
The site was located to the rear of Market Square, close to the remains of an artillery bastion (SMR 17:101(06)) of 17th-century date. It was proposed to construct twelve apartments in two three-storey blocks. Three trenches were opened as part of a site assessment, but there was no evidence for any archaeological features or deposits. The stratigraphy was homogeneous throughout the trenches, consisting of deep organic soil reflecting the previous long-term use of the site as a vegetable garden for the adjacent hotel.