County: Kildare Site name: Monread North
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 23E0144
Author: Laurence Dunne
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 690569m, N 721863m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.239414, -6.643191
Licensed archaeological testing was undertaken at Monread North, Naas, Co. Kildare in early June 2023 on the footprint of a proposed solar PV Energy development known as Kerdiffstown Solar Farm. A series of 24 test trenches with a total length of c.440m was opened with a 13-ton track machine utilising a 1.8m-wide flat grading bucket under archaeological supervision. The recorded matrix in all twenty-four excavated test trenches was very similar and consisted of dark grey topsoil with frequent small and mid-sized stone inclusions. The exposed subsoil was mainly dark to mid-grey clay with some patches of dark orange from time to time.
No archaeological features or deposits were noted in any of the trenches and no artefacts were found.
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