2026:041 - Graigueshoneen, Kilmacthomas, Waterford

A new Fire Station will be constructed at Graigueshoneen, Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford. A submission was made to the DAU, Dept. of Housing. Local Government & Heritage as part of the planning process, who responded that the development be subject to an Archaeological Impact Assessment, to include a programme of invasive testing; such requirement was subsequently included in the recommendations of the Chief Executive’s Report on the development.

There are no previously identified archaeological monuments located within the extent of the development site and no surface features of potential interest were noted by a cartographic research, a review of aerial photography/satellite/LiDAR imagery or by a surface reconnaissance survey.

A programme of site specific Archaeological Testing was undertaken in part preparation of Archaeological Impact Assessment Report. A total of twenty-one trenches, of varying lengths and orientations, were excavated across the site, the locations of which were generally reflective of the subject development proposals; no subsurface features of archaeological interest or potential were uncovered and no artefacts of archaeological or historical interest were recovered.