County: Dublin Site name: BALLYOGAN, Jamestown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 26:1 Licence number: 98E0119
Author: Martin Reid for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Linear earthwork
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 720408m, N 724521m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.257366, -6.195369
An archaeological investigation was carried out in tandem with the laying of sewage pipes along a laneway within the Ballyogan tiphead on 24 and 25 June 1998. The excavation was undertaken as a part of the overall monitoring for the Ballyogan Sewer Outfall Project. The laneway crosses the line of the Pale Ditch.
The investigation involved a topographic survey and the controlled excavation of the sewer trench. The profile of the base of the Pale Ditch was revealed in the section of the sewer trench and was 1.6m wide and up to 1.2m deep. The bank was less clear as construction disturbance had taken place in the area of the laneway. No finds were recovered from the clay ditch fill.
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