County: Kildare Site name: BALLYNAGAPPAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: KD014-009 Licence number: 11E0217
Author: Martin E. Byrne
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 686002m, N 729038m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.304639, -6.709650
A ‘Request for Further information’ with respect to a planning application submitted for a single residential development required that the proposed development area be subjected to an Impact Assessment, including testing. To the immediate west of the site are the poorly preserved remains of a large enclosure (KD014-009).
Thirteen test trenches, of varying lengths and orientations, were excavated within the boundaries of the site. All trenches were excavated by machine fitted with a toothless ditching/grading bucket, after which the sides and bases of the trenches were cleaned by hand and visually examined. In addition, all the spoil generated by the excavation of the test trenches was ‘raked over’ to increase the potential for the recovery of archaeological artefacts.
No features, structures, deposits or artefacts of archaeological interest were uncovered during the course of the testing.
Byrne Mullins & Associates, 7 Cnoc Na Greine Square, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
