County: Dublin Site name: GREENOGE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0317
Author: Stephen Reed, Judith Carroll & Co. Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 701429m, N 728527m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.297326, -6.478432
Testing was undertaken on behalf of E.G. Petitt Consulting Engineers for South Dublin County Council in advance of construction of the Saggart/Rathcoole and Newcastle Drainage Scheme. A single trench, 35m long and 2m wide, was excavated in an area where a spread of possible burnt stone and ash had been identified during field-walking of the pipeline route. Excavations revealed the deposits to represent a pale yellow, mineral-depleted clay horizon within the soil profile, sandwiched between the topsoil and gravel subsoil. No archaeological features or artefacts were recovered within this area during excavations, reinforcing the interpretation of the deposit as a natural soil horizon.
13 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2
