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2012:419 - MOUNT ORIEL, Collon, Louth

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Louth

Site name: MOUNT ORIEL, Collon

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: 12E175

Author: Damian Finn

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 698136m, N 782967m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.787009, -6.510743

The site is located on Oriel Road, Collon, Co. Louth. There are no recorded monuments on or within 300m of the site of the proposed development. Excavation of a series of three test trenches across the footprint of the development was undertaken on 31 May 2012 using a mechanical excavator with a toothless bucket. No archaeological deposits were uncovered.


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