2020:067 - NAVAN: St Paul’s Primary School, Abbeyland, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: NAVAN: St Paul’s Primary School, Abbeyland
Sites and Monuments Record No.: ME025-051
Licence number: Unlicensed
Author: Donald Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co Louth
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 686937m, N 768608m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.659998, -6.684673
Archaeological monitoring was carried out at St Paul’s Primary School, Abbeyland, Navan, Co. Meath.
An Archaeological Assessment was previously undertaken by Aidan O’Connell of Archer Heritage Planning Ltd in February 2015 when test trenching at pre-planning stage and at the request of the client took place (15E0050). Testing failed to identify any archaeological features or deposits.
As the archaeological potential of the site was considered to be low, unlicensed monitoring of the footprint of the proposed development was now deemed appropriate. This monitoring was carried out over the course of a number of days from May 2019 to February 2020. The works involved monitoring of topsoil stripping and sub-surface works associated with the development.
This investigation exposed no archaeological features.