2011:368 - LEIXLIP: 3 Dublin Road, Kildare

This assessment tested a small development site just outside the zone of archaeological potential for the medieval urban settlement of Leixlip, where the nearest discrete RMP is a castle site some 100m east-north-east on Mill Lane (KD011-004006).

The site was a particularly small one, occupying an area of some 27m² within a small yard and an even smaller area to the rear of a modern office structure. As the new build was single-storey, the foundations were to be dug to a maximum depth of 0.3m; it was proposed, however, to reduce the whole area of the development to this level.

The assessment as undertaken comprised the excavation of a box trial pit within the small yard to the north of the existing single-storey office to a depth of 0.5m. The assessment did not result in the discovery of any significant evidence for the site’s occupation apart from a deposit of garden soil and a layer of demolition rubble above it. The rubble possibly derived from a small structure built on the site in recent years, but it could also have been introduced to build up the ground for the garden.