What is recorded here

Abbeyland South holds two broad pits cut through yellow clay, likely quarried for stone rather than dumped with refuse. They lie beneath modern Canon Row, waiting for hands strong enough to pull the earth back and show what shape they took. The clay remembers weight and pressure long after people forget the purpose, suggesting a time when labour was ordinary and visibility belonged to everyone.

Archaeological testing (04E0348) by R. Meenan at a development site on Canon Row identified slight remains at the centre of the area (excavations.ie 2004:1298) but at the SW end of the adjacent property more substantial remains were recorded in testing (05E0754) by the same archaeologist that was completed by hand (excavations.ie 2005:1224). Two large pits (dims c. 3m; D c. 0.7-0.9m) at the W edge had been cut by a third between them. Small quantities of medieval pottery were recovered, which suggests that they may have been quarry pits rather than refuse pits. At the N end of the site a section of an E-W ditch (Wth 2.5m plus; D 0.5m plus) with a stepped edge was also sampled. Other features included indistinct gullies cut in the yellow clay subsoil. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 March 2023 Meenan,R. 2005 Report on test trenching at Canon Row/Kennedy Road, Navan, Co. Meath. Licence: 05E0754. Unpublished report, Author

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