County: Meath Site name: BALLYGARTH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1721
Author: Finola O’Carroll, Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 714372m, N 770128m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.668379, -6.269207
Monitoring took place of the groundworks associated with the construction of a storm drainpipe at a new housing development site in the townland of Ballygarth, 6km south of Drogheda town, in County Meath. The pipeline/storm drain crossed a field sloping down to the River Nanny and was oriented north–south. Monitoring was required because of the proximity of the development to SMR 28:1 (enclosure), 28:7 (cross), 28:2 (tower-house), 28:3 (church) and the River Nanny. These sites are within 250–550m of the development.
Monitoring revealed no archaeological features. Subsoil was exposed c. 1m below the existing surface level. The only finds recovered were of modern date.
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