2016:126 - WICKLOW: Hopkins House, Church Hill, Wicklow
County: Wicklow
Site name: WICKLOW: Hopkins House, Church Hill
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WI025-012001
Licence number: 16E0371
Author: Antoine Giacometti, Archaeology Plan
Author/Organisation Address: 32 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2
Site type: Castle - motte
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 731166m, N 694353m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.983852, -6.046569
Test-trenches were excavated as part of an archaeological assessment for a proposed new house at Hopkin’s House, Church Hill, Co. Wicklow. Adjacent to the site is a mound, which is likely to be the remains of an Anglo-Norman motte (WI025-012001). A visual impact assessment of the development on the motte was undertaken. An extensive (c. 35%) testing and metal detection programme (16R147) on the site was conducted in order to assess the presence of military occupation or medieval settlement associated with the motte. An assessment of the built heritage on the site was also conducted. Despite the high archaeological potential for the site, no features or artefacts of archaeological significance were identified during the testing programme. The proposed site was found to be heavily landscaped and comprised of modern made ground typical of gardens.
