2006:945 - Keenan’s Lane, Castledermot, Kildare

Excavation was carried out at this site in April. Archaeological deposits were uncovered in test excavation in 2004 (Excavations 2004, No. 805) and excavation was a condition for development. The earliest strata were Anglo-Norman in date and related to a sunken structure, which was entered from a sloping ramp off a yard on Main Street. Extensive pit cutting at this level may have been for quarrying. Later deposits were semi-industrial in nature, with floors and hearths of a 13th-century structure which fronted Main Street. Again, extensive pit cutting was a feature of the 13th-century horizon. Part of a cobbled surface – the original medieval street – was uncovered at a depth of only 0.7m beneath the present ground surface.