County: Kildare Site name: Newtownmoyaghy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 17E0017
Author: Aidan O'Connell
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 689138m, N 739793m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.400749, -6.659583
Monitoring was carried out at in advance of a residential development at Newtownmoyaghy, Kilcock, Co. Kildare. The site is a low-lying pasture field with the Rye Water River to the south. Topsoil stripping was monitored over a period of 3 months from 5 Jan–20 March 2017. Topsoil varied in depth from 0.25-0.3m and overlay an orange-brown clay subsoil; sherds of 19th-century pottery were uncovered along with a number of plough furrows. No archaeological features were observed during monitoring.
Archer Heritage Planning, 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
