County: Louth Site name: DUNDALK
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LH007-119 Licence number: 05E0221
Author: Dominic Delany, Dominic Delany & Associates
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 704512m, N 806587m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.997945, -6.405957
Monitoring of excavations associated with the North East Broadband Project in Dundalk 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 for opening the trenches was to cut the asphalt road surface with a circular saw and remove the soil using small tracked excavators.
Pre-development testing was carried out at Ramparts Road, Mary’s Street, Mill Street, Magnet Road/Long Walk, Clanbrassil Street, Chapel Street/Seatown, Chapel Street/York Street, and Crowe Street. All the trenches excavated within the zone of potential around the historic town were subject to full-time monitoring. All works outside these areas were subject to intermittent monitoring. No archaeological features, finds or deposits were uncovered during testing or subsequent monitoring.
Unit 3, Howley Court, Oranmore, Co. Galway
