County: Wicklow Site name: BURGAGE MORE, Blessington
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 5:46 Licence number: 96E0122
Author: Carmel Duffy, for Project Director Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 697229m, N 713230m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.160684, -6.546067
This site is marked on the first edition of the OS 6" sheet of 1838 as a moat. There is a reference in the Book of Burgage Parish, Vol. 1, p. 244, to a Burgagemore Moat. There were no visible surface indications of a monument.
A private developer requested archaeological assessment, and archaeological investigations were carried out following recommendations submitted in the assessment.
Seven trenches were opened at the site and excavated to depths of 0.44–1.1m. Nothing of archaeological interest was discovered.
Umberstown Great, Summerhill, Co. Meath
