2017:581 - STALLEEN, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: STALLEEN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 17E0416
Author: Kieran Campbell
Author/Organisation Address: 6 St. Ultans, Laytown, Drogheda
Site type: Buffer Zone of Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 704038m, N 772654m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.693223, -6.424683
On 6 September 2017, test trenches were excavated on a proposed site for three houses in compliance with a request for Further Information from Meath County Council. The development site is situated in Donore village, within the southern Buffer Zone of the Boyne Valley Archaeological Park/Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site and zoned A1 (residential) on the Land Use Zoning Objectives Map in the County Development Plan 2013–2019.
Test trenches excavated on the areas due to be disturbed recorded only natural subsoil of clay or stony clay, under a shallow covering of topsoil (max. depth 0.35m). Three sherds of modern glazed earthenware were recovered from the topsoil.