County: Meath Site name: Saint Mary’s Convent, Ninch, Laytown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 20E0588
Author: Linda Clarke, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
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 0.36m – 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.
Linda Clarke, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co Louth.
