2025:133 - Dundalk Retail Park, Marshes Upper, Dundalk, Louth
County: Louth
Site name: Dundalk Retail Park, Marshes Upper, Dundalk
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 25E0266
Author: Deirdre Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth. A92 DH99.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 706621m, N 805795m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.990394, -6.374094
Nine test trenches were excavated. The results confirmed that the site had been previously stripped of topsoil, and a layer of made-up ground consisting of topsoil and compacted stone had been introduced. Testing revealed variations in thickness, ranging from 0.6m at the south end to 1.2m at the north end, where a layer of terram overlaid the natural soil. The natural subsoil consisted mainly of mid-greyish-brown silty clay and sandy silt.
No features of archaeological significance were identified, and no artefacts were recovered.