County: Kildare Site name: BALLYMORE EUSTACE: The Park
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E1131
Author: Emer Dennehy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Pit, Decoy pond and Booley hut
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 688139m, N 710895m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.141281, -6.682608
An impact assessment of a proposed housing development was undertaken at the site of The Park, Ballymore Eustace, Kildare. The site, which is bounded by the River Liffey in the south, is situated adjacent to the zone of archaeological potential for the medieval town of Ballymore Eustace, KD029–011. The assessment involved the excavation of ten test-trenches totalling 1016 linear metres. Three areas of archaeological potential were identified comprising medieval rubbish pits, a possible medieval ditch, a pond containing medieval stratigraphy and a post-medieval booley hut. The latter was 7m in diameter and was abutted by two charcoal spreads containing animal bone and post-medieval ceramics.
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