M3 Clonee to North of Kells - Dedicated website
7th September 2005
The National Roads Authority and Meath County Council have recently launched a dedicated website on the planned M3 Clonee to North of Kells road scheme. The website address is www.m3motorway.ie
The website concentrates on the archaeology of the route from planning stage, to the results of preliminary site investigations, including extensive geophysical survey and test excavation. it also provides updates on the current excavations of the approximately 160 sites identified on the route by the preliminary archaeological investigations.
Amongst the documents available for download is the M3 Clonee-North of Kells Motorway Archaeology Information Series. This recently published information pack summarises the planning background of the route, in particular the choice of route for the Dunshaughlin-Navan section, which has attracted most interest. The pack principally details the archaeological work carried out to date on the whole route section by section - methodologies and results. It also outlines the future proposed work - excavation, specialist work and other research.