County: Dublin Site name: GRANGE CASTLE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK, Grange and Kishoge
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0718 ext.
Author: Ian W. Doyle for Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 719482m, N 736541m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.365552, -6.204725
The archaeological assessment carried out in this area during February 2001 (see Excavations 2001, No. 438) recommended that an archaeologist be present to monitor the stripping of topsoil.
The initial recognition of archaeological features was compromised somewhat by the contractor stripping a quantity of topsoil before informing the archaeologist. However, several metalled surfaces, field drains, pits and gullies of post-medieval and modern date were recognised during the stripping when an archaeological presence was maintained.
In Kishoge townland, to the south-west of the area intended for the attenuation lake, the remains of a subrectangular structure, which appears to have burnt down, were detected. This consisted of what appeared to be the remains of slot-trenches cut into natural boulder clay with a fill of oxidised clay and charcoal. The feature measured 5.8m east–west by 4.6m and appeared to have been truncated through intensive ploughing. Access to this area was not available at the time of the assessment owing to dumping and storage of building materials. This area was later excavated by Edmond O’Donovan (see Excavations 2001, No. 438).
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
