County: Meath Site name: BETTYSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0013
Author: Linda Clarke, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 715819m, N 773497m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.698324, -6.246068
An assessment was carried out at a proposed development site in Bettystown, Co. Meath. Twenty-one test-trenches were excavated within this site; 2,971.5m2 out of a total of 31,660m2 was archaeologically assessed providing a testing coverage of 9.5%. A portion of the site to the east was not assessed, as spoil heaps and rubble were present.
Prior to this assessment, a geophysical survey was carried out by Earthsound and various anomalies were identified. Test-trenches were excavated across all the anomalies identified. No features of archaeological significance were identified and no finds were recovered.
Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth
