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This final report presents the results of the archaeological resolution works carried out on behalf of Kildare County Council and the National Roads Authority as part of the Archaeological Services Contract No. 6 ? Resolution, Moone to Prumplestown. The works were undertaken prior to the commencement of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Phase 3, Kilcullen to Carlow. The Minister of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government, following consultation with the National Museum of Ireland, issued Directions to Kildare County Council on 8 March 2007 for archaeological resolution works relating to the road development. The National Monuments Section Registration Number, E2950, was allocated by the Department for the excavation of the present site in Ballyvass townland under the directorship of Red Tobin of Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd. This report was written by Lyndsey Clark, as Mr Tobin was no longer employed by Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd. during the post?excavation phase. An Environmental Impact Assessment was published in 2003 for the Kilcullen to Powerstown Scheme, with Valerie J Keeley Ltd. preparing the Archaeological, Architectural and Cultural Heritage Assessment. This formed Chapter 10 of the EIS produced by the Roughan and OÍDonovan ? Faber Maunsell Alliance. Geophysical prospection was carried out on certain areas of high archaeological potential by Bartlett?Clark Consultancy as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment, on behalf of Valerie J. Keeley Ltd/Kildare County Council. Aerial photography was undertaken along the entire route selection as part of the non?invasive assessment after the EIA stage. This work was carried out in April 2004 by Markus Casey. Archaeological testing was carried out between April and August 2006 by CRDS Ltd. for Archaeological Services Contract No. 2 _ Test Excavations, Mullamast to Prumplestown and Athy Link Road. Testing under Ministerial Direction Number A021/143 was undertaken on this site between 15 and 18 May 2006. This identified seven extended human burials recorded within a 20 m (east/west) by 6 m area. It was noted that their general condition was quite poor. Full archaeological resolution was conducted on this site between 15 and 24 May 2007. The remains recorded during test trenching were re?identified with an additional two inhumation burials exposed approximately 3 m to the east. A sample of bone from each of the individuals underwent radiocarbon dating, returning calibrated date ranges that place the burials in the 5th to 7th centuries AD. A preliminary report on works at the site was completed by Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd. in March 2009.