County: Kildare Site name: Newhall and Greatconnell
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 16E0418
Author: Paul Duffy, IAC Ltd
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 685343m, N 719733m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.221142, -6.722029
A programme of test trenching was carried out in two phases in greenfield areas within the proposed Upper Liffey Valley Sewerage Scheme Contract 2A (Network) pipeline footprint, located to the south and east of Newbridge, Co. Kildare. This first phase of testing was undertaken in response to planning conditions attached to the proposed development (Planning Ref.: Part VIII). It follows a desktop assessment report which recommend testing in greenfield and in the vicinity of five Areas of Archaeological Potential. Phase 1 testing was undertaken between 1 and 11 November and comprised the excavation of 67 trenches, measuring 4,461.5 linear metres, in the townlands of Newhall and Greatconnell. The test areas (Fields 1-5) were located in arable land on the banks of the River Liffey. No features or deposits of archaeological potential were identified in these areas. A second phase of test trenching is to be carried out in 2017.
IAC Ltd, Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
