County: Wicklow Site name: Valleymount
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 13E0095
Author: Yvonne Whitty
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 698757m, N 707074m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.105088, -6.525134
Monitoring took place between 13 and 15 May 2013 of Site Investigation works carried out by RPS Consulting Engineers on behalf of Wicklow County Council in advance of a watermain rehabilitation project which is to be upgraded in Valleymount, County Wicklow. The watermain rehabilitation project passed through the townlands of Valleymount, Annacarney and Monamuck. It passed through a landscape rich in archaeological heritage. This route passed by a total of fourteen recorded monuments within a 2km radius. The closest monument was an inscribed cross, WI010-048, 300m from the route. A sweathouse, WI010-029, was located 450m from the route.
The works involved the excavation of ten slit trenches along the route of the rehab works, four of which were monitored and recorded. No finds or features of archaeological significance were exposed in any of the trenches.
De Faoite Archaeology, Unit 10 Riverside Business Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow.
