County: Meath Site name: Painestown, Beauparc, Navan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 18E0476
Author: Seán Shanahan & Edel Barry, Shanarc Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 695074m, N 769784m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.669147, -6.561244
Archaeological test excavations were carried out on 9 August 2018, as part of an application for the extension of an existing approved effluent treatment plant and the construction of a new treated effluent rising main pipeline at the Dawn Meats (Slane) facility at Painestown, Beauparc, Navan, Co. Meath.
Targeted test-excavation was undertaken across the site of the proposed treatment plant. A total of 6 test trenches, measuring 2m in width and approximately 20m in length and 0.5-1.8m in depth, were machine-excavated in the area proposed for development.
The general stratigraphy of excavated material comprised up to 0.9m of imported topsoil, consisting of mixed mid-brown compact silt with moderate inclusions of small to medium stones; beneath this was up to 0.7m of mixed clay with consistent indication of considerable disturbance in the modern era, with frequent inclusions of plastic, wood and concrete waste, and fills of made–up ground as a result of the infilling of previous effluent ponds. The base of the trenches comprised a light brown/orange clay natural, which had frequent small stone inclusions.
Test excavations did not identify any features or materials of archaeological significance.
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