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Eighteen potential archaeological sites were found during monitoring of topsoil-stripping on the Celbridge Interchange, from April to December 2001 (Licence no. 01E0306). The scheme was approximately 4km in length and ran from Celbridge to Leixlip through gently undulating land with a mixture of arable, pasture and woodland. The southern part of the scheme runs through an area heavily influenced by 18th-century landscape design, with avenues, woodland and tree-lined field boundaries centred on the early 18th-century house at Castletown.
This site (Site 13) was 11m by 16m. Fourteen areas of burnt stone or ash with charcoal in pits were identified at the monitoring stage. No overall pattern could be discerned. It was resolved under licence number 01E0960. (www.excavations.ie)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
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