2014:254 - DURROW ABBEY, Offaly
County: Offaly
Site name: DURROW ABBEY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: E004573
Author: Donald Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co Louth
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 631998m, N 730740m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.325952, -7.519670
Monitoring took placeof the excavation of post-holes for a new post and rail wooden fence at Durrow Abbey, Co. Offaly. Durrow Abbey is a National Monument and monitoring was requested by the National Monuments Service in a condition attached to the Ministerial Consent issued for the works (C002). The excavation of the post-holes was carried out by OPW staff using a mini excavator fitted with a 0.2m diameter auger. Each excavated post-hole measured 0.2m in diameter and 0.3-0.4m in depth. No features or deposits other than the topsoil were identified during the monitoring of the post holes and no finds were recovered.