County: Meath Site name: NEWTOWN, Duleek
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0257
Author: Deirdre Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 703623m, N 770266m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.671859, -6.431750
Following an environmental impact assessment carried out in December 2000, seven features of unknown or potential archaeological interest were identified. These were subsequently archaeologically assessed to determine their significance. Seven trenches were excavated by machine within the area of the proposed development. The trenches all varied in length and depth and for the most part were located near the centre of the proposed development site. Boulder clay was exposed at depths varying between 0.2m and 0.7m below the surface. Two outcrops of rock were identified close to the western boundary of the development site and some of the trenches revealed that parts of the site had been ploughed. No features of archaeological significance were identified in any of the excavated trenches and, with the exception of some sherds of 19th–20th-century pottery, no finds were recovered.
15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth
