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This report, prepared on behalf of Kildare County Council, has been undertaken to describe the results of an excavation carried out at the site of the proposed N7 Naas Road Widening and Interchanges Scheme, at Blackchurch (OS sheet KD020), (Figure1). The site area was fully excavated by Tim Coughlan under licence to the National Monuments Section of the Heritage and Planning Division, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Licence 03E1839) for Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd. Centreline testing of the route of the proposed N7 Naas Road Widening and Interchanges Scheme was carried out by Shane Delaney in October 2003 (03E1606). This resulted in the identification of archaeological remains at four adjacent locations within Blackchurch Townland. It was clear that the proposed development would impact negatively upon the identified archaeological remains. It was recommended that an area measuring 20m by 20m around Site 14D/Blackchurch 1 be subject to a full archaeological excavation and preservation by record prior to the commencement of construction works in this area. The excavation of Site 14D/Blackchurch 1 (Licence 03E1839) took place between 19-27 January 2004. The excavation revealed the remains of three small pits and a series of agricultural furrows. The three pits were all found in close proximity to each other and were probably related. They may indeed represent postholes rather than pits although C7 appeared to be too shallow to have functioned as a posthole. The fills of the pits/postholes contained varying amounts of charcoal but there was no evidence of a hearth or areas of in situ burning. It was not possible to identify the nature of the activity at the site due to the limited nature of the pits/postholes and the lack of associated features. It was also not dated as there were no finds. However, further excavations at Sites 14B and C to the east and southeast (Licence Refs: 03E1837, 03E1838) identified numerous agricultural features of medieval date, while excavations at Site 48 to the south revealed material of early medieval and medieval date. It is possible that the pits represent ephemeral activity associated with one of these sites.