County: Dublin Site name: BLANCHARDSTOWN: Blanchardstown College, Business and Technology Park, Buzzardstown and Corduff
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0046
Author: Malachy Conway for Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 707763m, N 738648m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.387000, -6.380000
An assessment was undertaken at the site of a proposed College, Business and Technology Park at Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin. The site lies between Buzzardstown and Corduff, c. 2km north-west of Blanchardstown village and 2km north of the N3. The site comprises fifteen fields and is bounded by the Cruiserath and Ballycoolin roads to the north, a residential housing estate and public park (Lady's Well Park) to the south and Blanchardstown Road North to the east.
Four test-trenches were excavated at areas close to recorded monuments outside the proposed development site. Trenches 1 and 2 were excavated in Field 2 at the south-west corner of the site, close to Corduff mound (SMR 13:12) and Corduff House (SMR 13:25). Trenches 3 and 4 were excavated in Field 14 along the western edge of the proposed site, close to a church site in Buzzardstown (SMR 13:10) and a holy well site in the vicinity of Lady's Well Park to the south of Field 14.
Trenches 1 (east-west) and 2 (south-west/north-east) were 49m and 66m long respectively. Topsoil on average 0.3m deep was removed to reveal orange/brown clay loam 0.5m deep over grey boulder clay in both trenches. Trenches 3 (south-west/north-east) and 4 (north-west/south-east) were 69m and 44m long respectively. Removal of topsoil to a depth of 0.3m revealed a sandy clay loam on average 0.3m deep, which overlay gravelly clay subsoil. No deposits, features or finds of archaeological significance were encountered.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
