What is recorded here

Archaeological monitoring (15E0577) by P. Duffy, D. Bayle and J. Whitaker of topsoil stripping over a large area (c. 92 ha.) conducted intermittently between Dec. 2015 and October 2018 uncovered 37 locations of potential archaeological importance (excavations.ie 2016:051). Each of these was that were further investigated by the same archaeologists under different licences. At Site 28 excavation (16E0405) by D. Bayley recorded (excavations. ie 2016:555) a spread (dims 1.82m x 0.78m; D 0.02m) of dark grey silty sand with inclusions of burnt bone and pebbles. No artefacts were recovered and no dating is available. (Duffy et. al. 2021, 36) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 26 April, 2023 Duffy, P., Fairhead, S. & F. Fleeshouven 2021 Final Excavation Report for Sites 3-37, Clonee, Portan, Gunnocks, Co. Meath. Multiple licences, Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

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