County: Meath Site name: Dunboyne Junior and Senior National School, Station Road, Dunboyne
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 16E0498
Author: Deirdre Murphy
Site type: Non-archaeological
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 701658m, N 742139m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.419563, -6.470626
The proposed development is located at Dunboyne Junior & Senior National School, Station Road, Dunboyne, Co Meath. There is no recorded zone of archaeological potential associated with the village of Dunboyne, however a number of recent archaeological assessments and excavations have proven the landscape around the village to be rich in previously unrecorded archaeological features and deposits. The archaeological assessment of the proposed site was carried out on 27 September 2016 and involved the excavation of 6 test trenches located within the area of proposed development. During the excavation it was noted that parts of the site appeared to have been subject to levels of ground disturbance with areas that appeared to have been previously stripped of topsoil, noted by areas containing a very shallow soil profile. No evidence of any archaeological features or deposits were were recorded.
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