County: Meath Site name: Balsaran, Duleek
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 13E0050
Author: Rob O’Hara
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 704131m, N 767421m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.646196, -6.425030
Testing took place of a proposed national school site at Abbey Road, Duleek, approximately 1km south of Duleek village. There were two existing schools on campus; the area tested was a green-field area north of the school complex used as playing pitches. The site is beyond the Zone of Archaeological Potential placed around the core of the medieval settlement for Duleek. The closest monument to the site is ME027-025, a ring barrow in Abbeyland Td c. 140m to the north-east. Five trenches with a total length of 515m were excavated. No archaeological features or archaeological artefacts were recorded.
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