2005:1219 - NAVAN: River Blackwater, Abbeylands South, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: NAVAN: River Blackwater, Abbeylands South
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 05D075, 05R058
Author: Rex Bangerter, The Archaeological Diving Company Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Brehon House, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 685882m, N 768219m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.656678, -6.700729
A survey took place of a 210m stretch of the River Blackwater prior to the redevelopment of the Navan Carpet factory site, located on the southern side of the river. The development is expected to have a minimal impact on the existing riverbank/riverbed, although extensive landscaping is expected to take place adjacent to the river. Visual inspection and magnetometry survey by hand-held metal detection of the riverbed and southern bank structure did not reveal any archaeologically significant material/features.