Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Naas East, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Naas East
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21795, -6.66355
- SMR number
- KD019-030055-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1997, archaeological monitoring (Licence no. 97E0151) of the mechanical excavation of pipe trench cuttings to accommodate a new 1.5m water main and the laying of gas pipes in Main Street (north and south) and adjoining streets in Naas was carried out. A short 12m stretch at the south-eastern section of North Main Street opposite the Town Hall was found to be largely previously undisturbed ground and was excavated manually. At a depth of 0.36m below street surface there was a stratum (T 0.1-0.2m) of black clay and stones, as well as animal bones, cockle and oyster shells and some red brick fragments. Beneath this layer there was a rough paving of cobble-sized stones above the boulder clay. A portion of the former stone-cobbled street drain close to the footpath to the east was also noted.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.