2005:111 - CAVAN, Cavan

Monitoring of excavations associated with the North East Broadband Project in Cavan town was carried out from January to July 2005. The excavation phase of the project involved the opening of a series of trenches throughout the town centre and its surrounding infrastructure. All of the trenches were located along roads, either in the carriageway proper or the adjoining verge or footpath. There were no river crossings other than at existing bridges. The trenches were 0.6m wide and excavated to a standard depth of 0.9m in carriageways and 0.6m in verges/footpaths. Junction boxes (1.25m2) were excavated where two or more trenches intersected, and at regular intervals along long straight sections. The standard method of opening the trenches was to cut the asphalt road surface with a circular saw and remove the soil using small tracked excavators. All trenches excavated within the zone of potential around the historic town were subject to full-time monitoring. All works outside this area were subject to intermittent monitoring. No archaeological features, finds or deposits were uncovered.