County: Meath Site name: Donacarney Little
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 18E0380
Author: Jon Stirland, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit
Site type: Non-archaeological
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 713618m, N 775218m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.714258, -6.278754
Test trenching and monitoring was carried out within Field 1 of the site of a proposed residential development at Donacarney Little, Donacarney, Co. Meath from 23-27 July 2018.
A total of ten test trenches were excavated within the south-western half of Field 1 of the proposed development and monitoring was conducted during topsoil stripping associated with a proposed site compound, storage area and car parking, in the north-eastern half of Field 1. The sod and topsoil measured an average depth of 0.55m and lay directly above the natural orange clay and stone. No archaeological features or deposits were observed or identified and no finds were recovered.
Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co Louth
