County: Dublin Site name: CLONDALKIN: 15 Tower Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 17:4(106), 21:36 Licence number: 01E0280
Author: Ian W. Doyle for Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 706727m, N 731526m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.323230, -6.397967
Testing was carried out on a site at 15 Tower Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, on the west side of the road, south-west of the point where Tower Road, the Old Nangor Road, Ninth Lock Road and Orchard Lane converge to form a crossroads. The site is within the zone of archaeological constraint for Clondalkin and is approximately 50m to the north of the round tower.
The present building comprises a two-storey structure. A small yard and garden area on the south side of the existing structure were available for archaeological assessment. Two trenches were excavated by mini-digger machine to natural stratigraphy.
Trench 1, in the garden area, was excavated to a depth of 0.65m below existing ground level. At this depth bedrock and boulder clay were revealed. A shallow linear feature was found cut into boulder clay. A small sherd of post-medieval brown-glazed earthenware was recovered from the fill of this feature. The upper deposits within the trench comprised garden soil. A second trench, excavated in the yard area of the property, encountered natural stratigraphy at a depth of 0.4m below existing ground level. A shallow deposit of rubble and modern concrete overlay natural boulder clay.
No further archaeological work was recommended.
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