Leading firm awarded bypass excavation job
HEADLAND TO CARRY OUT ¤1.46 MILLION PROJECT
Staff from Headland Archaeology commencing archaeological testing on the route of the N25 New Ross bypass.
Wednesday January 13 2010
A ¤1.46 MILLION advanced archaeological testing and excavation project as part of the N25 New Ross bypass has been awarded to Ireland's largest commercial archaeology firm.
Wexford County Council awarded the project, worth €1,461,159, to Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd.
Headland will undertake advance archaeological testing and surveys of the entire road corridor, followed by full excavation of any archaeological remains encountered.
The purpose of the advance testing is to determine the presence or absence of archaeological features, structures, deposits, artefacts or ecofacts along the route, so as to inform the subsequent archaeological strategy and excavation in advance of construction.
The final stage of the project will involve Headland Archaeology providing post-excavation services, including analysis and reporting and publication of findings on the route.
'Headland Archaeology will identify all areas of archaeological potential.
All sites and significant features identified along the proposed route of the N25 New Ross bypass will be fully excavated and preserved by record,' explained Ross MacLeod, Senior Archaeologist with Headland and Project Manager for the N25 New Ross bypass project.
Headland commenced work on the route on November 30 and the project involved the initial recruitment of 14 additional staff, with the prospect of this number increasing to over 80 in the New Year.
The New Ross Bypass will run along a proposed 13.6 km corridor, from Jamestown in Co. Kilkenny, west of New Ross, to the townsland of Ballymacar, east of New Ross.
A further link is also proposed, from the junction of the N25 at Ballymacar to the N30 in the townsland of Knockroe, north east of New Ross.
The scheme incorporates a new crossing of the River Barrow between Pink Point to the west and Stokestown to the east.
