2017:514 - OSBERSTOWN, CASTLESIZE, SALLINS, WATERSTOWN, BARRETTSTOWN, AND BODENSTOWN, Kildare
County: Kildare
Site name: OSBERSTOWN, CASTLESIZE, SALLINS, WATERSTOWN, BARRETTSTOWN, AND BODENSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: E004777
Author: David Bayley, IAC Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 688852m, N 724336m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.261923, -6.668216
Stage (i) archaeological testing within Test Areas 5–10 M7 Osberstown Interchange & R407 Sallins Bypass, Co. Kildare was carried under Ministerial Direction No. A073. The work was undertaken on behalf of Kildare County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland.
A total of 22,341 linear metres of test trenches were excavated in Test Areas 5–10 within the roadtake for the scheme. A total of 13 sites containing archaeological potential were identified in these areas which have been designated as Osberstown 1–8, Sallins 1, Barrettstown 1–3, Waterstown 1 and Castlesize 1 and 2.
The sites were subsequently subject to Stage (ii) Pre-Excavation Archaeological Services.