County: Kildare Site name: Barrettstown 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004878; A073
Author: David Bayley
Site type: Cereal-drying kiln and curvilinear feature
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 688045m, N 723725m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.256568, -6.680477
Stage (iii) archaeological excavation at Barretstown 1 was carried out in advance of the M7 Naas–Newbridge Bypass Upgrade and the M7 Osberstown Interchange and R407 Sallins Bypass Scheme, Co. Kildare. It was discovered during Stage (i) archaeological testing undertaken by Irish Archaeological Consultancy (IAC) Ltd and was further assessed during Stage (ii) Pre-Excavation.
Barretstown 1 consisted of a cereal-drying kiln with a fire-bowl at either end of an elongated stone flue defined by a rough setting of stones. The kiln was later cut by a curvilinear feature which continued outside the Lands Made Available.
IAC Ltd, Unit G1 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
