County: Meath Site name: Watery Lane, Stamullen
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 21E0111
Author: Linda Clarke
Site type: Possible medieval pits and ditches
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 714800m, N 765720m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.628686, -6.264368
Test trenching was carried out at Watery Lane, Stamullen, Co. Meath on 21 October 2021.
A total of 8 test trenches were excavated within the site. A number of trees and heavily grown vegetation were removed from the site prior to trenching and a derelict building was demolished at the entrance to the site. The topsoil was a soft dark greyish-brown silty clay with frequent roots. The natural varied from a compact mottled yellow and brownish-grey gravelly clay to a light greyish-yellow clayey silt.
A concentration of features of archaeological significance was identified in Test Trenches 1, 2 and 8. Three pits C03, C06 and C08, were identified in Trench 2, a charcoal pit, C24, and a large field boundary ditch, C26, in Trench 8 and 5 north-east/south-west aligned ditches, C10, C12, C14, C16 and C18 in Trench 1 plus an additional north-east/south-west aligned ditch, C22. Post-medieval furrows and drains were identified in the rest of the trenches and furrow, C30, and field drain, C32, in Trenches 5 and 6 were investigated to confirm that they were non-archaeological.
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