The site of Mell II was discovered on the 9th of May 2000 by Mr. Kieran Campbell as part of a programme of licenced monitoring of topsoil stripping along the route of the Northern Motorway (00E0282) as recommended in the Enivronmental Impact Assessment for the Northern Motorway (
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A total of two oval-shaped pits were exposed during the monitoring of topsoil stripping associated with the construction of the northern ramp of the proposed Toll Plaza at Donore, County Meath at chainage 23500. Both pits had been filled with a black- dark-grey loam containing fr
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A single north-south ditch (F005) and three nineteenth - twentieth century field drains (F006, F008 and F009) were exposed during archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping associated with the proposed toll plaza at Donore, Co. Meath. The north- south ditch (F005) was exposed
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Archaeological monitoring was conducted during topsoil stripping at the Donore Road and at Balgeen, County Meath. The sod and topsoil measured an average of 0.4m in thickness and directly overlay the natural orange-coloured sandy clay. At the Donore Road, stockpiles of topsoil fr
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This report details the results of an investigative excavation carried out on Site 17, at Lagavooren, Drogheda, Co. Meath (OS 6" sheet number 20, 419mm from the west margins and 020mm from the south margins, NGC 307250 272700; Fig. 1-2). Site 17 was identified during archaeologic
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