County: Kildare Site name: CELBRIDGE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0065
Author: Rosanne Meenan, for ADS Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 696790m, N 732502m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.333900, -6.546786
A block of 24 apartments with associated car- parking was proposed for this site, which is within the zone of archaeological potential of Celbridge (SMR 11:12), at its eastern limit, although no specific monuments are marked for this part of the town. The site is close to the east end of the bridge over the River Liffey, on the opposite side of the river from the town. It is contained within the angle formed by the junction of the Dublin and Hazelhatch roads. A structure is marked at this point on the first-edition OS 6-inch map, and another structure is marked along the frontage of the Hazelhatch road.
Four trenches tested the site. As the surface level had been reduced in the past, the sod and garden soil layer was only 0.2m deep. A very sticky, impermeable, fine, brown or mottled grey/brown clay was exposed throughout. It was c. 0.5m deep.
At the east end of the site a peaty layer containing twigs and larger pieces of wood was exposed underlying the brown clay. It was 0.7m deep at the east end, becoming thinner as it extended westward. It produced no evidence of features or artefacts and appeared to have been naturally deposited. The underlying deposit was grey, stony gravel. Nothing of archaeological significance was observed in the trenches.
Roestown, Drumree, Co. Meath
