2020:221 - LAYTOWN: Saint Mary’s Convent, Ninch, Meath
County: Meath
Site name: LAYTOWN: Saint Mary’s Convent, Ninch
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 20E0588
Author: Linda Clarke, 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 716161m, N 772558m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.689806, -6.241246
An archaeological assessment (test trenching) was carried out on the site of a proposed development in the townland of Ninch, on a site of the former Saint Mary’s Convent, in Laytown, Co. Meath. The assessment was carried out at the request of the client at a pre-planning stage. The site was tested in December 2020.
The sod and topsoil (C1) consisted of a light brown sandy clay. It measured between 0.36–0.42m in thickness and lay above the natural grey sandy clay (C2). One post-medieval spread (C3) was identified within Trench 1. It measured 2.52m in width and consisted of a spread of dark grey sandy clay containing occasional inclusions of ash and red brick. Two post-medieval finds, a clay pipe stem (20E0588:003:1) and a sherd of green glass (20E0588:003:2) were recovered.
No features or deposits of archaeological significance were exposed or identified at the site. No further mitigation is proposed.