County: Wicklow Site name: BURGAGE MORE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0360
Author: Teresa Bolger, c/o Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd, 27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 697462m, N 712990m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.158486, -6.542657
An assessment was carried out at Blessington GAA grounds, Burgage More, Co. Wicklow. A geophysical survey of the site was carried out in October 2003 by John Nicholls. This identified a possible circular enclosure in the northern corner of the site. Anomalies of potential archaeological significance were also identified across the remainder of the site.
Six test-trenches were excavated at the site, positioned so as to assess the nature of the anomalies identified by the geophysical survey and also so as to generally assess the potential for the survival of archaeological deposits or features at the site. The results of this investigation indicated that the anomalies were the result of underlying geological formations and were not anthropogenic in origin.
No archaeological features or deposits were identified at the site. There were indications that the northern corner of the site, at least, was scarped in order to create a level playing surface. It appeared to be unlikely that any archaeological material survived at the site.
