County: Dublin Site name: LEIXLIP WATERWORKS, COOLDRINAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E027ext.
Author: Clare Mullins
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 701358m, N 735102m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.356404, -6.477394
Archaeological monitoring of topsoil removal associated with the proposed Highlift Pumping Station (A3) and the proposed new Clearwater Tank (A2) was undertaken in November 1997. These areas had been tested by Martin Byrne in February 1997 (No. 90, Excavations 1997), when no features of archaeological interest had been identified. A number of sherds of medieval and post-medieval pottery were recovered from the area of the proposed Clearwater Tank during the archaeological testing.
No features or artefacts of archaeological interest were uncovered during the monitoring of the area of the proposed Pumping Station.
During monitoring of the area of the proposed Clearwater Tank, a dozen flint flakes as well as one sherd of unglazed medieval pottery were recovered from the topsoil. On the basis of these finds some further hand-testing of a limited section of the site was carried out. This produced 20 more flint flakes as well as several more sherds of medieval pottery, all from the topsoil. However, no features indicative of human activity were identified.
39 Kerdiff Park, Monread, Naas, Co. Kildare
