2005:1159 - BETTYSTOWN, Meath

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Meath Site name: BETTYSTOWN

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0013

Author: Linda Clarke, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

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.