Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Blackchurch, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blackchurch
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25680, -6.55169
- SMR number
- KD020-027----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Archaeological testing (Delaney 2006 Excavation Licence No. 03E1607) was undertaken at ‘Site 48’ prior to the N7 Naas Road Widening and Interchanges Scheme revealed a number of relict field drains, possible boundaries and cultivation furrows. To the east of the tested area there appears to be a concentration of potential archaeological features, including possible floor surfaces, ditches/gullies and pits. Burnt and unburnt bone, slag and evidence for metalworking and concentrations of charcoal have been recorded from the area and a fragment of lignite bracelet was also retrieved from a pit here. It is suggested that the site may be of early medieval date.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 17 January 2013
References
Delaney, S. 2006 Site 48, Blackchurch. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 233-4 (No. 885). Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.