In 2003, Mayo County Council archaeologists undertook the excavation of five archaeological areas in advance of the construction of the N26 Ballina to Bohola (Stage 1) road scheme.These excavations were conducted on behalf of the National Roads Authority and Mayo Coun
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The construction of the N2 Carrickmacross Bypass provided a great opportunity to investigate the previously unknown archaeological resource of this part of County Monaghan. Nestled between a low drumlin to the north and a small river and large rocky outcrop to the sou
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On a long, low ridge in the small townland of Raystown, Co. Meath, west of what is now Ashbourne, people began burying their dead in an enclosed cemetery in the early fifth century AD. This place was to endure for at least 600 years as a large farming settlement. The building and
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In the six years since a Code of Practice was signed by the National Roads Authority (NRA) and the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands (2000), a major change has occurred in the way archaeology is considered. Prior to the Code of Practice and the emplo
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The souterrain at Tateetra was situated north-west of Dundalk, Co. Louth, and south of the Castletown River in an area of gently undulating topography (Illus. 1 & 2).The site (NGR 302587, 309824; height 10 m OD; ministerial direction no. A010/001) was partly excavated by Aegis Ar
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A medieval cemetery was discovered in Ballykilmore townland, Co. Westmeath (NGR 241842, 237245; height 113 m OD; ministerial direction no. A001-032), some 800 m south of the village of Tyrrellspass, alongside and beneath the existing Tyrrellspass–Croghan road (Illus. 1). The sit
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The ringfort at Leggetsrath West was situated to the east of Kilkenny city, on the proposed route of the N77 Kilkenny Ring Road Extension (Illus. 1). The site was identified in a preliminary archaeological assessment of the road corridor as an area of potential archaeol
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The site at Newtown was first identified in 2001 during a large-scale, pre-construction ploughing and test-trenching project before construction of the Limerick Southern Ring Road Phase I. There was no trace of the archaeological features above the ground before investigation. T
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During archaeological testing along the route of the N25 Waterford City Bypass in December 2003, structural timbers were exposed in Dooneen Marsh in the townland of Killoteran, Co. Waterford (Illus. 1). Dooneen Marsh is at the base of a small valley leading toward the River
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The M7 Portlaoise–Castletown/M8 Portlaoise–Cullahill Motorway scheme through County Laois will comprise 41 km of motorway and 11 km of link roads (Illus. 1). It will commence from the existing Portlaoise Bypass and tie in with the N7 Castletown–Nenagh road scheme, south of
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Archaeological investigations in advance of the N2 Finglas–Ashbourne road scheme revealed approximately 20 new archaeological sites interspersed along the route (Illus. 1). Their date range indicates that there was inter mittent human activity in the Finglas–As
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