County: Kildare Site name: Bodenstown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: KD014-041001/2/3 Licence number: C885; E4954
Author: Liam Coen c/o Archer Heritage
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 709208m, N 773484m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.699623, -6.346143
The site is to the immediate west of the existing graveyard of Bodenstown that contains National Monuments Bodenstown Church (KD14-041001-) and graveyard (KD14-041002-). An archaeological test excavation under Ministerial Consent was undertaken following a geophysical survey under detection licence 13R1.
A total of nine test trenches were excavated. A single site of archaeological interest was identified corresponding to potential archaeology detected in the geophysical survey. This comprised a horseshoe-shaped curvilinear feature, F.1, enclosing an area of c. 4m x 3.2m and may represent the outline of a structure. The fill of the feature contained charcoal, extensive charcoal staining and occasional animal bone inclusions. No evidence for spill-over of burials from the cemetery was identified. The identified archaeology was covered with plastic sheeting and all the test trenches were backfilled.
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