2017:050 - DUNDALK: Haggardstown, Louth
County: Louth
Site name: DUNDALK: Haggardstown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 16E0567
Author: Aidan O'Connell, Archer Heritage Planning
Author/Organisation Address: 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 705584m, N 804409m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.978157, -6.390381
An archaeological assessment was carried out at the site of a proposed development at lands in Haggardstown, Dundalk, Co. Louth. The site covers an approximate area of 5.06ha and is surrounded by agricultural and commercial areas south of Dundalk town. A geophysical survey of the site was carried out followed by targeted test trenching. A magnetic gradiometer scan and detailed survey was initially undertaken (16R184; J. Leigh) which revealed several responses, including possible ploughing trends and field boundaries, with no clear archaeological pattern or form.
A total of 11 trenches were mechanically excavated across the site under archaeological supervision. No archaeological material was recorded in any of the trenches.