County: Kildare Site name: JIGGINSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1751
Author: Billy Quinn, Moore Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 687255m, N 718215m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.207201, -6.693821
Testing to the rear of Chadwicks Ltd at Jigginstown, Naas, Co. Kildare, was undertaken on 25 and 26 November 2002. The site is near a castle (SMR 19:32) and a tower and tower-house (SMR 19:34). Five trenches were excavated throughout the proposed development area. The stratigraphy was variable across the site, ranging from a thin topsoil over natural boulder clay to a waterlogged, silty clay to the west of the existing premises. No features of archaeological significance were uncovered, but a single medieval jug rimsherd decorated with applied lines and a green glaze was retrieved from Trench A.
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