2017:824 - MONKNEWTOWN, Slane, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: MONKNEWTOWN, Slane
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ME019-070
Licence number: 17E0435
Author: Deirdre 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 699983m, N 775466m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.719275, -6.485152
The proposed development is within the Northern Buffer Zone of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site and in the vicinity of theMonknewtown archaeological complex, ME019-070—-.
Four trenches were excavated within the footprint of the proposed development. Substantial areas within the proposed development site are already under concrete and, having been previously disturbed, were not tested. In all trenches the topsoil was removed onto the natural boulder clay. No archaeological features or deposits were recorded and the only finds recovered consisted of modern ceramics in the topsoil.