County: Kildare Site name: KILL
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 98E0014
Author: Breandán Ó Ríordáin, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 694063m, N 722964m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.248706, -6.590531
On behalf of Bord Gáis Éireann, and within the zone of archaeological potential recognised in the Urban Archaeological Survey for Kill, archaeological monitoring was carried out on the gas pipeline trench mechanically excavated along Main Street and the Glendara Estate. The Glendara Estate lies in the vicinity of a motte and bailey.
The trench, on average 1000mm deep and 400mm wide, was laid along the southern side of Main Street, with the exception of the site of the bridge over the Kill River, where the pipe trench was diverted to the northern side of the street. Throughout the course of monitoring, both in the Main Street and in the Glendara Estate, no archaeological features or artefacts came to light. However, it should be noted that in the Urban Archaeology Survey it is recorded that two sherds of 13th/14th-century pottery were picked up by Survey staff in a cutting opposite the Parochial House, i.e. on the south side of the street adjacent to the bridge over the Kill River.
Burgage More, Blessington, Co. Wicklow and Duke St., Athy, Co. Kildare
