부산대학교 도서관

This final report presents the results of the archaeological resolution works carried out on behalf of Kildare County Council and the National Roads Authority as part of the Archaeological Services Contract No. 5 ? Resolution, Kilcullen to Moone and Athy Link Road. The works were undertaken prior to the commencement of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Phase 3, Kilcullen to Carlow. The Minister of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government, following consultation with the National Museum of Ireland, issued Directions to Kildare County Council on 8 March 2007 for archaeological resolution works relating to the road development. The registration number, E2876, was allocated by the Department for the excavation of the present site in Ballymount townland under the directorship of Gillian Mc Carthy of Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd. An Environmental Impact Assessment was published in 2003 for the Kilcullen to Powerstown Scheme, with Valerie J Keeley Ltd preparing the Archaeological, Architectural and Cultural Heritage Assessment. This formed Chapter 10 of the EIS produced by the Roughan and O?Donovan ? Faber Maunsell Alliance. Geophysical prospection was carried out on certain areas of high archaeological potential by Bartlett?Clark Consultancy as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment, on behalf of Valerie J. Keeley Ltd/Kildare County Council. Aerial photography was undertaken along the entire route selection as part of the non?invasive assessment after the EIA stage. This work was carried out in April 2004 by Markus Casey. Archaeological testing carried out by IAC Ltd for the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Kilcullen to Powerstown. Archaeological Services Contract No. 1 ? Test Excavations, Kilcullen to Mullamast under Ministerial Direction Numbers A021/089 on this site between 10 October and 19 November 2005 identified Testing identified a sub?rectangular pit that measured 0.95 m long by 0.38 m wide and was 0.11 m deep. It contained a broken butt end of a polished stone axe head (A021/089:004:001). Full archaeological resolution was conducted on this site between 9 and 18 October 2007. The feature identified during testing was re?identified along with the remains of two other prehistoric pits, two Iron Age pits, a medieval slag pit furnace, and a posthole. Three ditches also traversed the site. Faunal remains recovered included a complete skeleton of an Iron Age cow and human remains consisted of an Iron Age adult skull bone. Artefacts excavated from this site comprised of pottery which represented a single Middle to Late Bronze Age domestic vessel and unidentifiable prehistoric pottery; three lithic artefacts; a possible bead was also retrieved as well as a single post?medieval pottery sherd from topsoil. A fragment of a polished stone?axe was also identified within a subrectangular pit during archaeological testing of the area. A Preliminary Report of works on the site was completed by Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd in April 2009.