2026:042 - Cloghala, Dungarvan, Kilkenny
County: Kilkenny
Site name: Cloghala, Dungarvan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: KK024-068
Licence number: 25E0955
Author: Martin E. Byrne
Author/Organisation Address: Byrne Mullins & Associates, 7 Cnoc na Greine Square, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Site type: Historic Town
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 661129m, N 648819m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.587212, -7.097898
A programme of Archaeological Monitoring of the excavations for foundation trenches and stay pits, together with the installation of earth wires by means of a cable earth plough associated with the installation of four new electricity utility poles was undertaken at Dungarvan (Dungarvan and Cloghala Tds), Co. Kilkenny. One of the poles was located within the RMP Zone established for the village (KK024-068; Historic Town); all were located within the expanded SMR Zone of Notification and along its western extent.
Notification of the works was submitted to the National Monuments Service, as required under Section 12(3) of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, who recommended that all ground disturbance associated with the works be monitored by an archaeologist and under licence from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
No subsurface features of archaeological interest or potential were uncovered by the excavations; likewise, no artefacts of archaeological or historical interest were recovered.