County: Wicklow Site name: N11 Kilpedder Interchange, Johnstown/Killickabawn/Bromley/Drummin East/Holywell
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0128
Author: Judith Carroll, Judith Carroll & Co. Ltd, 11 Anglesea Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Site type: Monitoring
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 726730m, N 709093m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.117322, -6.106795
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping of the proposed route of the Kilpedder interchange, Co. Wicklow, including minor resolution of sites, took place between 6 April and 26 May 2006. The testing by topsoil-stripping on the Kilpedder interchange was an extension of the Greystones southern access route (GSAR) scheme on the western side of the N11. It was given the same excavation number and treated as an extension of the licence originally given to the GSAR in 2004, under the direction of Ken Wiggins (Excavations 2005, No. 1863). The Kilpedder interchange had an approximate total length of 0.35km, comprising a 4.3ha area situated between the townlands of Johnstown, Killickabawn, Bromley, Drummin East, and Holywell, Co. Wicklow.
In October 2006, monitoring of the area of the footbridge was carried out.
The route of the Kilpedder interchange impacted directly on part of the area defined as the perimeter of WI013–016 (NGR 32645 209010). This monument was a historic town site, the site of the medieval borough of Kilmacberne, which was probably developed as an ecclesiastical manor. It was likely to have been abandoned in the 14th century.
In total, seven archaeological sites were identified during trial testing, including two burnt mounds and pit features. These sites were excavated under licence number 04E0128.
