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2019:650 - CASTLEKNOCK, Dublin

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Dublin

Site name: CASTLEKNOCK

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: 19E0522

Author: Aidan O'Connell

Author/Organisation Address: Archer Heritage Planning, 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 709770m, N 737480m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.376086, -6.350260

Test excavations were undertaken at the site in advance of a proposed school development. A total of 11 test trenches with a combined length of 851 linear metres were excavated within the site. Topsoil varied between trenches at depths of between 0.25–0.6m. Subsoil was a dark yellow-brown mixture of clay and silt, with frequent angular stones. No archaeological features or objects were recorded in any of the trenches.


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