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Desk Based Archaeological Impact Assessment Report Strategic Infrastructure Development Carmelite Monastery, Delgany Co. Wicklow Drumakilla Limited Prepared by: Yvonne Whitty Licenced Archaeologist October 2020 (087) 2111153 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Site Location ................................................................................................................................. 1 2.1 Area 1 ..................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Area 2 ..................................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Area 3 ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Area 4 ................................................................................................................................... 10 3 The Development ....................................................................................................................... 11 4 Archaeological Desk Top Assessment of Site ....................................................................... 12 4.4 Previous archaeological assessments (Appendix 2) .................................................... 19 4.5 National Museum of Ireland Topographical Files (Appendix 1) .................................. 19 4.6 Architectural Heritage and Local Development Plan .................................................... 20 4.7 Record of Monuments and Places (Appendix 3 RMP Files) ....................................... 21 4.8 Cartographic Analysis ........................................................................................................ 22 5 Impact Assessment .................................................................................................................... 24 6 Archaeological Mitigation .......................................................................................................... 26 6.1 Area 1: .................................................................................................................................. 26 6.2 Area 2 ................................................................................................................................... 26 6.3 Area 3 ................................................................................................................................... 27 6.4 Area 4 ................................................................................................................................... 27 Bibliography ........................................................................................................................................ 28 Appendix 1: Topographical Files...................................................................................................... 30 Appendix 2: Previous archaeological excavations ........................................................................ 32 Appendix 3 RMP Files from www.archaeology.ie ......................................................................... 48 Appendix 4: Exhumation Licence .................................................................................................... 52 Figures Figure 1: Site location Convent Road, Delgany, County Wicklow. ............................................... 1 Figure 2: Proposed development site divided into Areas 1-4........................................................ 2 Figure 3: Annotated buildings in Area 1. .......................................................................................... 3 Figure 4: Proposed development site Area 2. ................................................................................. 6 Figure 5: Proposed development site Area 3. ................................................................................. 8 Figure 6: Proposed development site Area 4. ............................................................................... 10 Figure 7: Adjoining site tested in 2018 by author with location of cremation burial site marked. ................................................................................................................................................ 10 Figure 8: Aerial view of Area 4 Google Earth. ............................................................................... 10 Figure 9: Proposed development plans for the Carmelite Convent Delgany. ........................... 11 Figure 10: Topographical survey Carmelite Convent Delgany. .................................................. 11 Desk-based Archaeological Assessment Carmelite Convent, Delgany, County Wicklow. Figure 11: Previous archaeological excavations in vicinity of proposed site at Delgany County Wicklow. ................................................................................................................................. 19 Figure 12: RMP sites and recent archaeological sites identified in 2018 and 2019 within 1km of site location at Delgany, Co. Wicklow. ........................................................................................ 21 Figure 13: Proposed development site outlined in red on historic map 6 inch colour (1837- 1842). ................................................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 14: Areas 1-3 Second edition ordnance survey map surveyed in 1885. ....................... 23 Figure 15: Areas 1-4 third edition ordnance survey map 1910. .................................................. 23 Figure 16: Proposed development plan in relation to nun’s burial ground at Carmelite Convent, Delgany. .............................................................................................................................. 24 Figure 17: Field boundaries which may be impacted upon by the proposed development Areas 1-3. ............................................................................................................................................ 25 Figure 18: Field boundaries which may be impacted upon Area 4. ........................................... 25 Figure 19: Area 1 (left) and burial ground identified by red arrow and proposed test trenches illustrated in blue. ............................................................................................................................... 26 Plates Plate 1: Area 1 looking west with gothic chapel, 2005 convent building on right and Victorian house on left of photo. ......................................................................................................................... 2 Plate 2: East elevation of Early Victorian House Reg No. 16305011. Note the modern wall adjoining the building to the left is where the school building from 1884 was located prior to its demolition c.2007. ........................................................................................................................... 3 Plate 3: School building prior to demolition in 2007 (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, 2019). .................................................................................................................................... 4 Plate 4: Rear of new convent accommodation, facing northeast. ................................................ 4 Plate 5: South east facing view of chapel......................................................................................... 4 Plate 6: Red arrow marks location of nun’s graveyard in Area 1. ................................................. 5 Plate 7: Entrance to nun’s graveyard through hedging facing east.............................................. 5 Plate 8: Aerial view of Area 2 from 2000. ......................................................................................... 6 Plate 9: Aerial view of Area 2 from 2005 to 2012 ............................................................................ 7 Plate 10: View southeast Area 2 from berm of topsoil. .................................................................. 7 Plate 11: Area 2 northern boundary adjoining Richview House, facing west. ............................ 8 Plate 12: Aerial view of Area 3 (www.archaeology.ie).................................................................... 8 Plate 13: View of southern portion of Area 3 facing east. .............................................................. 9 Plate 14: View of northern portion of Area 3 facing east................................................................ 9 Plate 15: View of Area 4 facing southeast. .................................................................................... 10 Plate 16: View of high cross WI013-00403, Delgany graveyard. ............................................... 15 Plate 17: Ruins of church WI013-00401 in Delgany Graveyard. ................................................ 15 Plate 18: Kindlestown Castle WI008-017 (Nat. Mon. 323). ......................................................... 17 Plate 19: Early 20th century postcard Carmelite Convent Delgany, County Wicklow ( (McGimsey, 2019). ............................................................................................................................. 18 Tables Table 1: RMP sites summary within 1km radius of development site. ......................................