2025:135 - ATHY: Dominican Lands, Kildare

Assessment at this site involved the excavation of five test trenches totalling 149 linear metres within the footprint of a proposed development. These trenches targeted anomalies identified during an initial geophysical survey carried out under licence 24R0576. Subsoil was exposed in all trenches at varying depths between 0.5–0.7m. The site has been extensively ploughed with plough soil extending to a maximum depth of 0.6m in places and furrows were evident cut into the subsoil. Small brick fragments were recovered across the site mainly within the plough soil. A few sherds of modern 19^th-and 20^th-century pottery were recovered from the plough soil and from a brick rubble and clay layer beneath it. The anomaly detected during geophysical survey was noted to be a trial hole backfilled with gravel and containing a bagged soil sample. No archaeological features or deposits were exposed or identified.  The testing is now complete, and no further archaeological work is required.