County: Kildare Site name: DUNCREEVAN (Site AE31)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0148
Author: Dermot Nelis, IAC Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 687524m, N 739267m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.396296, -6.683991
Testing was carried out as part of the Kinnegad– Enfield–Kilcock (Contract 3) Bypass. The overall scheme (Contracts 1–3) involves the excavation of c. 35km of motorway, commencing to the south-west of Kinnegad in County Westmeath and continuing eastward through counties Meath and Kildare, terminating at the western end of the existing M4 motorway at Kilcock. Contract 3 covers the route from Kilcock to the east of Enfield (c. 11km).
Site AE31 is listed as a series of cultivation ridges. Thirteen trenches were excavated across the area. Testing revealed topsoil, 0.4–0.6m thick, sealing geologically deposited strata across the whole site. Natural varied from a mid-brown, friable clay to a dark brown, compact clay with occasional stone inclusions evenly distributed.
Testing failed to reveal any archaeological remains. The cultivation ridges are interpreted as the remains of relatively recent farming practices and are not considered to be of archaeological significance.
This project was funded by Westmeath County Council.
8 Dungar Terrace, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
