2002:0655 - RICHARDSTOWN, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: RICHARDSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 02E0050
Author: Patricia Lynch, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 27 Hilltown Way, Swords, Co. Dublin
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 718824m, N 753139m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.514785, -6.208341
Monitoring was carried out on the Airport– Balbriggan Bypass. The site of a Bronze Age pit containing cremated bone was revealed in an area of tip, off the route of the motorway, in associated works. After discussions, it was recommended that the site be fenced off, preserved and not excavated.