2018:172 - Main Street, Arklow, Wicklow

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wicklow Site name: Main Street, Arklow

Sites and Monuments Record No.: WI040-029 Licence number: 18E0084

Author: Faith Bailey, IAC Ltd

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 724433m, N 673457m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.797745, -6.154779

Monitoring was carried out of site investigations associated with the proposed redevelopment of Boland’s, Main Street, Arklow, Co. Wicklow. A total of 15 test pits that were excavated as part of the site investigations works, with post-medieval remains associated with former walls or culverts recorded in three. No evidence was identified for burials extending beyond the current limits of the graveyard. No archaeological deposits were noted within the bore holes. Metal detecting was carried out during the course of all works but no artefacts of archaeological significance were recorded.

IAC Ltd, Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow