County: Meath Site name: PELLETSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 11E0155
Author: Matthew Seaver
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 695419m, N 749742m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.489033, -6.562148
An assessment was undertaken at Pelletstown to assess the archaeological significance of the route of the proposed Pace–Navan rail line at a point where it deviates from the old railway corridor within a marginal area on the edge of a stream. The proposed rail corridor at Pelletstown measures 47m by 282m. Test-trenching was undertaken of an area of 2,100m², comprising 15% of the overall area. This involved the excavation of a single centreline trench and staggered offset trenches excavated using a tracked machine with a 2m-wide ditching bucket. The archaeological work took place on 3–4 June 2011. It revealed 0.4m of soil overlying grey stony natural boulder clay. Occasional stone-filled land drains were uncovered. No features of archaeological significance were found.
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