County: Dublin Site name: LAUGHANSTOWN (Site 21/22)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0085
Author: Sylvia Desmond, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Enclosure and Field boundary
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 720810m, N 724405m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.256235, -6.189401
Four investigation trenches were excavated on this site before the commencement of the South-Eastern Motorway, to establish if any archaeological remains were located within the road-take of the motorway. Research and geophysical survey had indicated a possible enclosure or field boundary in close proximity to the south-western edge of the proposed route. The trenches were laid out to incorporate the north-eastern edge of this possible enclosure/ boundary.
The investigation did not reveal any archaeological remains. However, a small amount of medieval pottery was retrieved from the trenches, indicating a medieval presence in the area. This may be connected with SMR 26:093, a recently recognised tower-house, incorporated within Lehaunstown Park House, Cabinteely, Co. Dublin, which is located 260m to the north-east of the site (Swan 1998, 163–8).
Reference
Swan, D.L. 1998 Lehaunstown Park, Co. Dublin: a forgotten tower-house. In C. Manning (ed.), Dublin and beyond the Pale, 163–8. Bray.
25 Rowan Hall, Millbrook Court, Milltown, Dublin 6
