County: Louth Site name: IRISH STREET, ARDEE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 17:101 Licence number: 05E0566
Author: Aidan O’Connell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: Urban medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 695996m, N 790965m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.859258, -6.540697
An assessment was carried out on the site of a proposed development at Irish Street, Ardee, Co. Louth. Three test-trenches were excavated. Trench 1 was in the overgrown garden, Trench 2 in the rear yard behind the existing building and Trench 3 was within the area of the recently demolished building. Trench 1 revealed that the topsoil lay above the natural orange clay, stone and gravels. Trench 2 showed the rear yard, which had clearly been disturbed and backfilled with clay, stone and modern rubbish. Trench 3 revealed an area of cobbling directly below c. 0.3–0.4m of rich organic material. No dating evidence was identified; however, it generally appears that the cobbled surface may be of medieval date preserved under later deposits.
