County: Meath Site name: DUNSHAUGHLIN WATER SUPPLY SCHEME, Cooksland/Dunshaughlin/Knocks/ Leshemstown/Readsland/Roestown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E0152
Author: Donal Fallon, Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 705178m, N 753672m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.522479, -6.413828
Pre-development testing of the proposed site of a water treatment works and monitoring of site investigations in advance of the Dunshaughlin water supply scheme were carried out between February and July 2006. The proposed development consists of a new water treatment works and an extensive network of ancillary water mains extending north and west of the town of Dunshaughlin. The proposed water treatment works were constructed on a 1.3ha greenfield site in the townland of Cooksland, c. 1km north-west of Dunshaughlin. Pre-development testing was carried out on the site of the water treatment works in February 2006. No archaeological features were identified and no significant finds were recovered.
The remainder of the development is a linear scheme, extending along a range of primary and secondary roads to the north and west of Dunshaughlin with a linear impact of 6163m. The development will extend into the zone of archaeological potential for Dunshaughlin (ME044–033), immediately north-west of the project line of the monastic enclosure. The majority of the development will extend across existing roads; only short sections will extend through fields.
Monitoring of site investigations was carried out between 8 May 2006 and 18 July 2006. Ten geotechnical ‘slit trenches’ and seven ‘test-pits’ were selected for monitoring; four of the cuttings monitored were within the zone of archaeological potential for Dunshaughlin. Five cuttings were located on/adjacent to townland boundaries and eight were located within fields. No features of archaeological significance were exposed and no significant finds were recovered. The three cuttings within the zone of archaeological potential exposed subsoil underneath the existing road surface at a depth of c. 0.1–0.5m. It was recommended that the excavation of the sections of pipeline within the zone of archaeological potential and across greenfield areas be monitored.
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