2000:0478 - CURRAGH MILITARY CAMP, Curragh, Kildare

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kildare Site name: CURRAGH MILITARY CAMP, Curragh

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0845

Author: Clare Mullins

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 678268m, N 711410m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.147450, -6.829972

Monitoring of trench excavations associated with the laying of a high-tension cable network at the Curragh Military Camp commenced on 8 November 2000. The monitoring is being undertaken in compliance with recommendations from DĂșchas The Heritage Service, following a query from the Department of Defence. The cable is being routed along existing roads and through greenfield areas, at a depth of approximately 1m beneath the existing ground surface. No archaeological features have been identified to date. Monitoring will continue into early 2001.

31 Millford, Athgarvan, Co. Kildare