County: Meath Site name: LAYTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Rosanne Meenan
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 716102m, N 771437m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.679750, -6.242558
The owners and developers of this site received planning permission to construct two apartment blocks comprising 26 apartments. Monitoring of excavation works was required. The site is surrounded by housing on three sides. The boundary on the fourth side is formed by the railway embankment and railway station at Laytown. The railway track is at a higher level than the developÂment site and overlooks it.
The sod and topsoil were removed to a depth of c. 0.3m. The subsoil was exposed in a few places but not generally; it was dark-brown and contained sherds of 19th-century pottery, presumably deposited there during manuring. Subsoil comprised heavy gravel. The line of a north–south trench was exposed running parallel with and c. 20m east of the railway embankment. This represented the line of an existing water drainage pipe. Excavation took place for the realignment of the existing drainage pipe. Its line was moved westwards and closer to the line of the embankment. Strip foundations for the two apartment blocks were then excavated.
Roestown, Drumree, Co. Meath
