County: Meath Site name: KELLS: Commons of Lloyd
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E1045
Author: Brian Shanahan, Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 671682m, N 776732m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.735306, -6.913536
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping adjacent to the first of two developments was carried out on 8–9 November 2001. The site consists of a level terrace overlooking the River Blackwater. It is close to the medieval town of Kells, and a number of archaeological monuments have been recorded in the general vicinity.
The site was stripped by mechanical digger. The topsoil was a sandy clay loam with moderate pebble inclusions. Subsoil was on average c. 0.3m below the surface, and consisted of a sandy gravelly clay with a large pebble component, mid-brown to orange brown in colour. A small number of sherds of modern pottery were found. The proportion of silt and sand in the topsoil increased closer to the river, with a concentration in a small natural hollow close to the riverbank. The only feature exposed was a shallow spread of charcoal (0.8m by 0.4m).
Despite the proximity of a number of archaeological monuments, nothing of archaeological interest was exposed during the topsoil-stripping.
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