County: Meath Site name: OLDBRIDGE: Site 1, Sheephouse Road,
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0266
Author: Dermot Nelis, IAC Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 705079m, N 774311m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.707905, -6.408358
This site was identified during pre-construction test-trenching along the route of the Northern Motorway, Gormanston–Monasterboice, Contract 7. It was at the southern end of a pasture field which sloped gently to the north, close to the road between Oldbridge and Sheephouse townlands, approximately 500m south-west of the River Boyne.
The final dimensions of the excavated area were 11.98m east–west by 10m. The earliest phase of activity consisted of a linear feature cut into natural subsoil. This measured 2.7m in length and 0.32m in width. It was 0.14m deep. No dating evidence was recovered. This feature was truncated by a linear feature measuring 4.4m north–south and 0.6m in width. Again no datable material was recovered.
Post-excavation analysis is ongoing. The project was funded by Meath County Council.
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