County: Wicklow Site name: Blessington Quarry, Hempstown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 07E0798
Author: Brendon Wilkins, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 1, Wallingstown Business Park, Little Island, Cork.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 629904m, N 711871m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.156502, -7.552879
Testing was undertaken in August 2007 in advance of planning permission for the extension of two areas adjacent to an existing quarry. Work only revealed the presence of two linear plough furrows and a modern field boundary. No archaeological features or deposits of interest were revealed.
