County: Meath Site name: DULEEK: Main Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0654
Author: Judith Carroll, Judith Carroll & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Historic town
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 704751m, N 768582m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.656510, -6.415257
The site lies just outside the north-east corner of the curvilinear line of the enclosure which identifies medieval Duleek. The site, which comprises 2.2ha, is situated directly to the east of the probable outer boundary of the early medieval monastic enclosure of Duleek, by the River Nanny.
The site was fully excavated in September–November 2006 and various features, such as a stone structure, cobbled surfaces and pits, came to light. Most of the site was covered in a black silty layer containing a large amount of medieval pottery and animal bone. This would suggest that the area was possibly used as a dump in the medieval period. A number of bronze pins of 12th–13th-century date were also found, as well as an Anglo-Norman-type arrowhead.
11 Anglesea Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
