2007:2003 - BLESSINGTON DEMESNE, Wicklow
County: Wicklow
Site name: BLESSINGTON DEMESNE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 03E0453 ext.
Author: Sian Keith, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 697205m, N 714933m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.175986, -6.545908
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping continued in Blessington Demesne. During monitoring works three small rubbish pits containing 17th–19th-century artefacts were recorded. The artefacts signify domestic activity surrounding Blessington Demesne. A linear drainage feature dating to the 19th century was recorded and was interpreted as an agricultural feature.