County: Dublin Site name: SANDYFORD: Blackglen Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0459
Author: John Channing
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 717456m, N 725881m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.270244, -6.239092
The site was located on the eastern side of Blackglen Road, opposite Lambe Doyle’s pub. Site works in advance of the construction of a new sports complex were monitored. The construction required a reduction of existing ground level and the excavation of service trenches. The site offered a commanding view of Dublin Bay, being located on an eastern shoulder of Three Rock Mountain. The terrain consisted of exposed bedrock with patches of gorse and heather occupying the hollows, becoming denser downslope and away from the development.
Evidence for gorse being burnt off was provided by a general spread of charcoal across the entire site. Occasional recent habitation evidence in the north-western parts of the site was uncovered in the form of hearth activity, general scatters of glass, ceramics, undergarments, and a washing machine.
Despite the location of the site, evidence of earlier activity was only apparent in the form of a French drain at the northern boundary of the site where topsoil was present.
Stratford-on-Slaney, Co. Wicklow
