This is a final report of an archaeological excavation at Sheephouse 3 (00E0811) which was located on the route of the M1 Northern Motorway Gormanston – Monasterboice (Drogheda Bypass), Platin to Oldbridge, Chainage 21600–24800, Contract 7, County Meath. The excavation was carrie
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This is a final report of an archaeological excavation at Lagavooren 7 (00E0914) which was located on the route of the M1 Northern Motorway Gormanston – Monasterboice (Drogheda Bypass), Platin to Oldbridge, Chainage 21600–24800, Contract 7, County Meath. The excavation was carrie
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This site at Ross 2 was excavated by Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd (ACS) as part of the M3 Clonee–North of Kells Motorway Scheme on behalf of Meath County Council NRDO and the NRA. The excavation was carried out between 2 and 27 April 2007 under Ministerial Dir
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At the request of Meath County Council, Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd (CRDS) have undertaken a programme of archaeological excavations for the proposed N2 Finglas- Ashbourne Road Scheme, Cos. Dublin and Meath. This report refers to the excavation of Site 22, (previou
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An oval shaped enclosure was excavated in the townland of Kilsharvan measuring 32.8m in diameter. Over 65% of the enclosure was exposed within the proposed motorway corridor, the remainder lay between the motorway and the Crufty raod to the northeast. No entrance was exposed, but
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A single shallow pit was exposed to the northeast of the possible settlement / ritual site at Kilsharvan 5. The pit was oval in plan and measured 0.98m in length, 0.67m in width and 0.06m in depth. It contained shallow sloped sides becoming more sharply sloped towards the west an
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The site at Macetown 1 was excavated by Archaeological Consultancy Service Ltd (ACS) as part of the M3 Clonee–North of Kells Motorway Scheme on behalf of Meath County Council NRDO and the NRA. The excavation was carried out between 29 March and 5 May 2006 under Ministerial Dire
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The site was exposed near the western edge of the proposed motorway to the south of the enclosure at Kilsharvan 16. It consisted of a sub-oval pit measuring 1.04m in length, 0.93m in width and 0.18m in depth and had been filled with a humic dark-grey-black silty clay containing m
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This site at Ardsallagh 1 was excavated by Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd (ACS) as part of the M3 Clonee–North of Kells Motorway Scheme on behalf of Meath County Council NRDO and the NRA. The excavation was carried out between 24 August 2005 and November 2005 a
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The site exposed at Kilsharvan 5 was identified as a Middle-Late Bronze Age structure. It was constructed from a number of curved slot trenches (F002,F004,F007, F009, F015, F017). The roof would have been supported by a number of pits/postholes exposed in the centre of the struct
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The site at Townparks 1 was excavated by Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd (ACS) as part of the M3 Clonee–North of Kells Motorway Scheme on behalf of Meath County Council NRDO and the NRA. The excavation was carried out between 19 January and 01 February 2006
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The site at Kennastown 1 was excavated by Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd (ACS) as part of the M3 Clonee–North of Kells Motorway Scheme on behalf of Meath County Council NRDO and the NRA. The excavation was carried out between 27 February and 01 December 2006
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