County: Louth Site name: Tullyallen, Mell
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 20E0088
Author: Aidan O'Connell
Site type: Enclosure
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 705950m, N 776370m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.726219, -6.394474
Test excavations were carried out at the site of a proposed development at Tullyallen, Mell on the outskirts of Drogheda, Co. Louth. A total of 30 test trenches with a combined length of 2160 linear metres were excavated within the site. A single feature of archaeological significance was recorded in the course of testing. This consisted of an earth-cut enclosure with dimensions of c. 41.5m north-east/south-west by 40m. The ditch was recorded in 3 trenches at the north-west edge of the site and adjacent to the M1 motorway. The enclosure ditch had a wide, rounded shallow cut with dimensions of 2.7-3.4m wide by 0.67m deep. No datable artefacts were retrieved from the ditch. A possible ditch terminal was noted in Trench 2, indicating an eastern entrance.
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