2024:500 - Ravenswell, Bray Commons, Wicklow

A total of 13 test trenches with a combined length of 450m were excavated across the site in order to inform an archaeological impact assessment. The archaeological testing programme targeted potential archaeological features identified from a geophysical survey (Detection Licence Ref. 24R0160) and also included a number of general trenches within the proposed development footprint. One archaeological feature, a spread of charcoal and heat-shattered stone, measuring 4.6m (min.) by 1.8m (min.), was identified in Trench 5. The full extent of the feature could not be established at the time of testing due to constraints, however it is recommended that the feature is fully exposed and preserved by record prior to any development at this site.