County: Dublin Site name: Primrose Cottage, Main Street, Newcastle
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU020-003 Licence number: 15E0041
Author: Martin E. Byrne, Byrne Mullins & Associates
Site type: No archaeological features uncovered
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 699540m, N 728704m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.299269, -6.506704
Monitoring of site preparation/trench excavation works associated with the construction of a single storey extension to the southern gable of a residence known as Primrose Cottage, Newcastle, Co. Dublin was undertaken in compliance with the Grant of Planning. The development plot is located within the Zone of Archaeological Potential established for Newcastle (DU020-003) and to the immediate north of a possible tower-house site (DU020-00306).
No subsurface features or deposits of archaeological interest were uncovered, and no artefacts of archaeological interest were recovered during the course of the works. In addition, it was noted that the entire development area had been the subject of extensive ground disturbance/reduction works associated with the construction of the existing house.
7 Cnoc na Greine Square, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
