County: Armagh Site name: Creeveroe/Navan/Tirearly/Tray
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: AE/08/119
Author: Tina Thurston, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York, Buffalo 380 MFAC, Ellicott Complex, Buffalo NY 14261–0005, USA.
Site type: Sampling
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 684633m, N 845202m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.348474, -6.698218
A soil chemical characterisation survey was undertaken over an area of about 1km2 around the site of Navan Fort. Soil samples were taken every 50m and geochemical testing in a field laboratory revealed numerous areas of significantly elevated soil phosphate that are likely to represent archaeological sites from various eras.
