County: Meath Site name: BALGREE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E1059
Author: Gill Mc Loughlin, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 8 Dungar Terrace, Dœn Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 666842m, N 779166m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.757822, -6.986354
Testing was carried out in advance of the planned M3 Clonee-North of Kells road scheme, Co. Meath, on the Kells to North of Kells section (Contract 5) between July and December 2004. This section of the scheme is 10.2km long from Calliaghstown, southwest of Kells, to Derver, north-west of Kells. The testing methodology consisted of a centre-line trench and offsets every 20m. Anomalies identified in the geophysical survey were also tested. The work was carried out on behalf of Meath County Council, the National Roads Design Office and the National Roads Authority.
Testing Area 8 is located in the townland of Balgree, between Chainages 88150 to 88300; 898m2 of the total 5863m2 within this area was tested, providing a testing coverage of 15.3%. Testing took place on 28 and 29 July 2004.
No features or finds of archaeological significance were uncovered.
