County: Kilkenny Site name: Gorteens, Belview, Port Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 13E0068
Author: Tim Coughlan IAC Ltd
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 664528m, N 613215m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.266840, -7.054620
Testing was carried out in advance of the development of Project Purple: Glanbia Dairy Processing and Manufacturing facility, which is located at the IDA Business Park, Gorteens, Belview, Port Road, Co. Kilkenny. Testing was undertaken in response to planning conditions attached to the proposed development (Planning Reg. Ref.: 12/324, Bord Planála Ref.: PL.10.241077). Testing followed on from a geophysical survey carried out in 2004 by John Nicholls for Margaret Gowan & Co. Ltd (Nicholls, 2004; Licence Ref.: 04R004). An impact assessment was also carried out by Margaret McCarthy as part of the project Environmental Impact Assessment in 2012 (McCarthy, 2012).
An intensive programme of testing was carried out across the site between 19 and 22 March 2013. A total of 64 test trenches were excavated across the proposed development area which measured c. 21ha. Of these, 20 trenches targeted the geophysical anomalies identified in 2004. Nothing of archaeological significance was identified in any of the excavated trenches.
IAC Ltd, Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
