2021:254 - Newtownstalaban, Drogheda, Louth

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Louth Site name: Newtownstalaban, Drogheda

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 21E0019

Author: Aidan O'Connell

Site type: Test excavation; no archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 710741m, N 776565m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.726976, -6.321837

A building survey and test excavation were carried out for lands at Newtownstalaban, Drogheda, Co. Louth in advance of a proposed development. This green field site is located c. 2km east of Drogheda town centre on a 5.8-hectare site beside the Newfoundwell Road. Twenty-five trenches (2079 linear meters) were excavated across the site. No archaeological sites, features or objects were recorded.

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