2026:018 - Molloy's Land, Kellystown, Dublin

Two archaeological areas (AA1 and AA2) were excavated. Both comprised spreads of heat-shattered stone and charcoal indicating the presence of degraded burnt mounds or fulachta fia. The sites were situated approximately 50m apart. A colluvial layer (C4) formed by sediment deposition through natural siltation and waterlogging occupied the western extent the field and was present on both sites AA1 and AA2.

Archaeological Area 1 (AA1) comprised a large but degraded horseshoe-shaped spread of burnt mound material. The spread, which was dispersed over an area of approximately 6.8m (north–south) by 4.6m, comprised a 0.15–0.2m-thick layer of heat-shattered stones in charcoal-rich, grey-black silty clay. Two troughs, one rectangular and one sub-circular, were identified to the west of the site, both of which were overlain by burnt mound material. No diagnostic finds or animal bone was retrieved from either site.

The archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping or ground disturbance for the remainder of the field was also carried out under this licence. No finds, features or deposits of archaeological interest were identified during the remainder of the topsoil stripping.