County: Dublin Site name: Thomastown, Loughshinny
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU005-175001 Licence number: 20E0248
Author: Ian Russell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit Ltd
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 726307m, N 757416m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.551455, -6.093858
The archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping took place at a site at Thomastown, Loughshinny, Co. Dublin. The archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping was carried out by a tracked mechanical excavator fitted with a 1.8m wide toothless grading bucket. The sod and topsoil (C1) consisted of a mid-brown loam and measured a maximum of 0.32m in thickness and lay directly above the natural orange clay and stone (C2). No archaeological features were exposed or identified, and no finds were recovered.
Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth. A92 DH99.
