2024:680 - Kilcullen Street. Dunlavin Upper, Dunlavin, Wicklow

The site, located at the south side of Kilcullen Street, Dunlavin Upper, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow is occupied by a modern bungalow facing the street and a shed at the back.  It is located within the zone of archaeological potential associated with the Historic town of Dunlavin (WI015-016) as listed in the Record of Monuments and Places or Sites and Monuments Record. There are no protected structures listed in the Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028 or sites listed in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) located within the site. The nearest such structure is a three-bay, two-story detached house (RPS 15-15; NIAH Reg. No. 16308003) situated to the southeast and on the opposite side of Kilcullen Street.
Monitoring of a series of foundation trenches was carried out. The trenches were excavated with a 120-tracked excavator and an 86-tracked mini digger. The topsoil had an average depth of 0.3m, but the foundation trenches were excavated to a depth of 0.8-1.3m. The topsoil was removed onto the natural subsoil. The southern foundation trench had a modern drain running north-north-east from the south. This drain measures 1.2m in width, and it has straight sides and an orange plastic pipe at the base. Stains of dark grey were visible in the eastern extent of the southern foundation trench. It was a sand deposit and scraped away with a trowel.
No archaeological features or deposits were identified, and no finds were recovered.