County: Louth Site name: DUNLEER: Main Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E1024
Author: Clíodhna Ní Lionáin, Arch-Tech Ltd.
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 705718m, N 788114m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.831766, -6.393958
A programme of pre-development testing was undertaken in November 2003 at Lower Main Street, Dunleer, Co. Louth. Prior to testing, a derelict two-storey house and outbuildings were demolished. Five test-trenches, 2m wide and totalling an overall length of 92m, were excavated.
A considerable amount of disturbance was evident on the site, with a concrete sewer situated along the northern perimeter and the house and associated buildings located in the eastern and southern parts of the site. A possible clay surface was identified in the area of the house and has been interpreted as a sealing layer for a foundation or a possible floor surface in a cellar or half-cellar. A single course of red-brick wall, which corresponded to a demolished outbuilding, was also identified. A number of other linear features that appeared to be associated with the house and outbuildings were noted. A thick layer of humic material sealed the site, except in the area of the house. Red-brick fragments and occasional sherds of white-glazed pottery were recovered. All of the potential features identified seem to be associated with the demolished house and outbuildings, which appeared to have dated from the 19th century onwards.
32 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2
