County: Meath Site name: Colp West, Drogheda
Sites and Monuments Record No.: Proximity to ME021-012 and ME021-011001/2 Licence number: 19E0627
Author: Liam Coen c/o Archer Heritage Planning
Site type: Testing, no archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 712374m, N 774534m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.708384, -6.297839
The site comprises a single large open tillage area with mature hedgerows forming any of the remaining field boundaries. The land slopes gently from north to south with a slight rise in the central area. A total of five test-trenches were excavated across the site using a 16-tonne tracked excavator with a 1.8m grading bucket. Excavation proceeded in level spits of 0.2m. Topsoil was uniform across the site, 0.4-0.5m in depth with a compact yellow/brown stony clay subsoil. No archaeological features or material was identified in the course of testing.
Archer Heritage Planning, 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
