County: Kildare Site name: ARDREW, Athy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 35:31, 35:49 Licence number: 01E0365
Author: Sheila Lane, Sheila Lane & Associates
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 667712m, N 692875m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.982341, -6.991653
Planning permission was granted for the development of 315 dwelling-houses and a small number of commercial units on this site. An assessment, including testing, was carried out in May 2001 by Avril Purcell. Eight trenches were opened on the site, three in the area of the enclosure, one within the zone of potential for the burial, and the other four on the perimeter of the site. The enclosure was identified in the test-trenches and a buffer zone of 25m around it was requested by Dúchas. No other finds or features were noted in the trenches. Monitoring of all topsoil-stripping was recommended.
Later in May, topsoil-stripping of Phase I of the development was carried out under the same licence by Christine Grant (see Excavations 2001, No. 599). No archaeological finds or features were noted.
In September 2001 the licence was transferred to the writer to monitor excavation of sewer lines through the site, of foundation and service trenches in Phase I, topsoil-stripping in the 25m buffer zone around the enclosure so that it could be reduced to 15m and to open two further test-trenches in the area of the burial (SMR 35:49).
No archaeological finds or features were identified in the course of the above procedures.
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