1998:294 - BALLYMORE EUSTACE: Church Road, Kildare

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kildare Site name: BALLYMORE EUSTACE: Church Road

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 15:16 Licence number: 98E0413

Author: Clare Mullins

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 693239m, N 710015m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.132504, -6.606660

Monitoring of groundworks associated with the reconstruction of a house and extension was undertaken at a site at Church Road, Ballymore Eustace, from 14 to 16 September 1998. Archaeological involvement with the development was carried out in compliance with the grant of planning.

The site lies at the base of Garrison Hill, and a reduction of existing ground levels by up to 3m in the area of the rear extension was required. It was also necessary to strip the topsoil in a section of the garden area in order to reduce the severity of the existing slope.

Removal of the topsoil revealed a layer of mid-brown, clayey sand, which appeared to be relatively undisturbed, and a number of sherds of medieval pottery were recovered from this layer. No features or structures of archaeological interest were uncovered during the course of the work.

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