County: Dublin Site name: THE ISLAND, Chapelizod
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 94E0101
Author: Margaret Gowen
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 710227m, N 734526m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.349457, -6.344422
Archaeological test-trenching was carried out on the site of a proposed development at the 'Island Site', Chapelizod, for the purposes of a planning submission for the redevelopment of the site. The site is located within the village of Chapelizod, on the banks of the River Liffey, and forms the southern boundary with a large millrace. The site lies within the zone of archaeological potential as defined in the County Development Plan and the OPW Urban Archaeological Survey.
Two pits were opened out of a total of thirteen attempted. Pit 1 located gravel deposits associated with an early line of the river which were archaeologically sterile 1.2m below present ground surface. Pit 5 penetrated below the concrete surface in the yard and exposed a series of walls and a second slab floor, 0.72m below the present ground surface.
The shallow nature of the deposits revealed in Pit 1 indicates that there was no deep archaeological stratigraphy on the site. Further archaeological evaluation of the site awaits the completion of site clearance works.
Rath House, Ferndale Road, Rathmichael, Co. Dublin
