County: Louth Site name: Twenties Lane, Moneymore and Yellowbatter, Drogheda
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 18E0551
Author: Derek Gallagher, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 708350m, N 777162m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.732840, -6.357844
Monitoring was carried out in December 2018 on a site located at Twenties Lane, Moneymore and Yellowbatter, Drogheda, Co. Louth. Only a minor area located within the southernmost extent of the site was monitored.
The sod and topsoil (C1) measured 0.3m to 0.7m in thickness and lay directly above the natural orange sandy clay (C2). No archaeological features or deposits were identified or exposed, and no finds were recovered.
A geophysical survey of the remainder of the site will be undertaken prior to test trenching and/or monitoring of the remainder of the site in due course.
Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co Louth.
