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1989:059 - ROESTOWN, Kildare

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kildare

Site name: ROESTOWN

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number:

Author: Valerie J. Keeley

Author/Organisation Address: 29/30 Duke Street, Athy, Co. Kildare

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 689931m, N 737525m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.380244, -6.648299

Construction of the Maynooth – Leixlip – Kilcock Motorway Scheme necessitated the investigation which took place during a three-week period in August 1989. The reference to a well at the site led to the investigation of the surrounding area. No material of archaeological importance was uncovered at the site. A watching brief will take place during motorway construction. Work was financed by Kildare County Council. To be published in 1991, in the Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society.


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