County: Carlow Site name: Athy Road, Carlow
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 23E0068
Author: Linda Clarke, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit Ltd
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 671980m, N 677100m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.840027, -6.931603
Archaeological test trenching was carried out on a site at Athy Road, Carlow, Co. Carlow. Two test trenches were excavated, each trench measured 1.8m in width, and in total 88 linear meters were excavated. The test trenches were excavated down to the natural subsoil that consisted of a light yellow to light brown silty sand.
Both trenches were excavated to a depth of 0.7m to 1.1m. A post-medieval, hand cut, shallow U-shaped land drain was located at the eastern end of Trench 2. The drain measured 7m in length, 1m in width and 0.35m in depth. It was not seen in Trench 1. It was filled by a mid-orange/brown silty sand with frequent inclusions of rounded stones (up to 0.12m), particularly at the base. A pottery sherd of blue-printed white ware was found at the base of the drain. Trench 3 was not excavated due to the location of services. This was an area of modern made-up ground, recently reinstated, approximately 1m above the ground level of the cemetery. The modern nature of the graveyard suggests a very limited risk for burials located outside of the walls and at the carpark level.
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