2018:721 - TRIM: Newtown, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: TRIM: Newtown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ME036-054
Licence number: 18E0631
Author: Ian Russell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit (ACSU)
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills Rd, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 681518m, N 757465m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.560757, -6.769553
Archaeological assessment (test trenching) was carried out in advance of the construction of a proposed single dwelling at Newtown, Trim, Co. Meath. Testing was carried out on 26 October 2018 in compliance with a request for further information issued by Meath County Council (TA/180814). The site is located adjacent to ME036-054, burials, identified and excavated by Deirdre Murphy in 1997 and 1998 (97E0389).
A total of four test trenches were excavated within the footprint of the proposed development. No evidence of any features or deposits of an archaeological nature were identified.