County: Kildare Site name: BALLINDERRY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E1638
Author: Brian Halpin, National Archaeology Services
Site type: Burial ground
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 668682m, N 738368m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.391001, -6.967438
A licence was granted in December 2004 for monitoring/rescue excavation at a quarrying site for the purpose of extraction of gravel and sand over an overall area of 13.9ha in a greenfield site. This licence is presently on hold, as the developer is stripping the field one section at a time and may not resume stripping for some time. A medieval cemetery was partially excavated on the site in January/February 2005, with roughly 70% of the site remaining in situ until the developer wishes to continue with the excavation. A final report will be submitted when all topsoil-stripping has been completed.
Ard Solas House, Lacken, Blessington, Co. Wicklow
