2006:933 - The Park, Ballymore Eustace, Kildare

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kildare Site name: The Park, Ballymore Eustace

Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 06E1131

Author: Emer Dennehy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd, 27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

Site type: Medieval rubbish pits, pond and post-medieval booley hut

Period/Dating:

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.