County: Meath Site name: HARDWOOD (1)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1139
Author: Deirdre Murphy, ACS Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 661060m, N 745443m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.455512, -7.080627
Testing was carried out before construction of the proposed M4 Kinnegad–Enfield Motorway Scheme. In February 2002, during centre-line testing of the proposed route carried out by Ian Russell (No. 1876, Excavations 2002, 02E0108), a number of possible archaeological features were identified. These were designated Hardwood 1 and were excavated in August 2002. After a substantial area within the road-take had been stripped, the various features were identified and resolved. All proved to be the result of root disturbance or land clearance, with the exception of a single ditch that may have been a field boundary.
Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth
