County: Meath Site name: COLP WEST
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 21:12 Licence number: 05E0019
Author: Deirdre Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 711468m, N 774165m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.705269, -6.311687
Archaeological assessment at St Columba’s Church, Colp West, Co. Meath, was undertaken in advance of the installation of a septic tank and percolation area. The proposed development was within the curtilage of a recorded monument and in an existing graveyard. The area tested was in the eastern corner of the graveyard where there were no marked graves. This part of the site was overgrown with weeds/ivy and grass cuttings, and decayed plants had been dumped in this area. Two trenches were excavated in excess of the depth of the proposed services and even at these depths (1.6m) the subsoil was not exposed. It is possible that continual dumping in this part of the site has contributed to the present depth of topsoil. The area is greatly disturbed by root systems of adjacent trees. The assessment failed to identify any archaeological deposits or human remains in this part of the site.
