County: Dublin Site name: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK, Cherrywood
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0565
Author: John Ó Néill, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 723424m, N 724028m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.252249, -6.150393
As part of an ongoing development at the Science and Technology Park, Cherrywood, further geophysics and testing were carried out prior to an additional planning application.
A number of anomalies were noted in a geophysical survey of the lands proposed for the Park Two and District Centre phases of the Science and Technology Park. The geophysics extended as far as Tully Church, which lay beyond the development but was very close to the northern boundary.
An outer ditch and a number of internal features were noted at Tully Church. The fi eld system noted on Rocque’s map of the area was also visible. Further anomalies were noted around the wedge tomb in Laughanstown, at the south-western corner of the development. It is hoped to incorporate this area into a green belt within the development.
None of the above features was tested, but a further anomaly in the north-east of the development was tested by inserting two test-trenches across the area. The test-trenches measured 37m and 47m in length and exposed glacial tills and heavily scarred tills, suggesting that the ground surface here may have been modified during construction of the Harcourt Street to Shankill railway line to the north in the 1850s.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
