County: Dublin Site name: MURPHYSTOWN (Site 6)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0099
Author: Sylvia Desmond, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Cultivation ridges
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 720815m, N 724360m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.255830, -6.189335
This site is on the proposed routeway of the South-Eastern Motorway and is to the south-west of Leopardstown racecourse. Topographical survey had revealed a series of cultivation ridges, which were investigated by hand prior to the stripping of soil for the new roadway.
The subsequent investigations revealed that the cultivation ridges were post-medieval in date. No archaeological features or stratigraphy were revealed. A series of post-medieval drains were discovered during the period of investigations.
25 Rowan Hall, Millbrook Court, Milltown, Dublin 6
