County: Kildare Site name: BALLYMORE EUSTACE: Plunkett Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0586
Author: Martin E. Byrne
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 693861m, N 709853m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.130945, -6.597407
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken at a proposed development site at Plunkett Road, Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare, on 20 October 1999. The work was carried out in compliance with a condition included in the grant of planning in relation to the construction of a bungalow on the site.
Four trenches were excavated by machine. The site is to the east-south-east of the medieval borough of Ballymore and within the designated zone of archaeological potential. However, no features, deposits, structures or finds of archaeological interest were uncovered.
It is presumed, based on the results of the testing, that levels within the area of the site were reduced in the 19th century before the site was levelled with a shale gravel. This process resulted in topsoil being removed and may have also led to some disturbance to the natural, sandy subsoil. Given the location of the site, it was expected that, at a minimum, sherds of medieval pottery would have been uncovered. However, it is probable that any such material was removed from the site during groundworks associated with the construction of a previous dwelling.
31 Millford, Athgarvan, Co. Kildare
