County: Meath Site name: Dowth
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 07E0925
Author: Emer Dennehy, Archaeological Consultant, 6 Coolaghknock Green, The Plains, Kildare Town, Kildare.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 701472m, N 773621m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.702422, -6.463201
An impact assessment was undertaken at a site at Dowth, Drogheda, Co. Meath. There are no known archaeological sites in the immediate area. The site is located 2km from the banks of the Boyne River, 1km north-west of Dowth passage tomb (ME020–017) and 1.2km from Newgrange (ME019–045). Seven test-trenches were excavated on the footprint of the proposed agricultural unit, dung-stead and silage pit. The site was previously disturbed during the construction of the adjoining sheds. No features or stratigraphy of an archaeological nature were identified in the test-trenches.
