County: Dublin Site name: ISALNDBRIDGE: Salmon Pool
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 94E0104
Author: Neil O'Flanagan
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 713426m, N 734626m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.349679, -6.296356
The site was assessed for archaeological deposits on July 14, 1994. The site lay directly to the west of Islandbridge, on the north banks of the Liffey adjacent to Chapelizod Rd. The site was made up primarily of enormous quantities of redeposited sand which had been laid down evidently for general reclamation in the modern era. The underlying silty clay indicated the existence of a marshland over the natural sands and gravel. A significant conclusion to be drawn from the assessment is that the area was uninhabitable until the modern reclamation and that the marshland extended up to the Chapelizod Rd., and possibly to the edge of the Phoenix Park itself.
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