County: Louth Site name: The Fairways Hotel, Haggardstown, Dundalk
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LH012:094 (Castle/Motte). Licence number: 17E0079
Author: Linda Clarke
Site type: Non Archaeological
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 705801m, N 803325m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.968376, -6.387450
Where stripping was conducted within the footprint of the old hotel buildings, it was found that construction of this phase of buildings had disturbed the ground to an average depth of 0.28m. The natural orange sandy clay was exposed at an average depth of 0.3m. Where stripping for either service trenching or ESB sub-stations was conducted in green field areas it was found that the sod and topsoil measured an average of 0.28m in thickness and lay above the natural orange sandy clay. No archaeological features or deposits were exposed or identified and no finds were recovered.
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