County: Dublin Site name: AIRPORT-BALBRIGGAN/NORTHERN MOTORWAY BYPASS
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 98E0479
Author: Hilary Opie
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 719641m, N 762391m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.597701, -6.192495
Archaeological monitoring of borehole sample collection took place along the route of the Airport- Balbriggan/Northern Motorway Bypass between 5 and 16 October 1998. This involved examination of the cores for signs of archaeological activity, such as artefacts, charcoal etc. A record of any such finds and the depth at which they occurred was then taken.
As there were up to 300 boreholes scheduled to be dug along the route, monitoring was concentrated around those going through known archaeological sites and sites of archaeological potential. Up to sixteen such sites along an 11km stretch were previously identified through paper survey and field inspection.
Borehole investigations produced no evidence of archaeological activity. No specific archaeological layers or finds were observed. Occasional sherds of modern pottery were noted in the topsoil and ploughsoil layers, along with a small iron nail, also modern. Occasional small pieces of flint were also observed, but there was no evidence that these had been worked, and it is likely that they were naturally occurring.
103 Cherrywood Drive, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
