County: Laois Site name: Kilcoke
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LS028-005 Licence number: 23E0417
Author: Grace Fegan & Robert Hanbidge; Shanarc Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 628749m, N 682912m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.896302, -7.572732
Archaeological test-excavations were carried out at Kilcoke, Co. Laois as part of an Archaeological Impact Assessment related to a proposed single residential development. A portion of the north-eastern boundary of the proposed development site borders the edge of the Zone of Notification for a Recorded Monument (Moated Site LS028-005).
Five test-trenches were excavated across the proposed development area. The trenches measured between 25–45m in length, 2m in width and 0.42–0.58m in depth.
The general stratigraphy comprised topsoil consisting of a friable mid-brown silty clay, which overlay an orange-brown silty sand with occasional small to medium angular stones, and areas of mid-gray gravelly subsoil.
A gravel track (likely the one recorded on the first-edition 6-inch OSi map) was apparent in the northern portion of Trench 5.
No features or objects of archaeological significance were uncovered in the course of the testing.
Unit 39A, Hebron Business Park, Hebron Road, Kilkenny
