County: Dublin Site name: AIRPORT–BALBRIGGAN BYPASS, Phase 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0953 ext.
Author: Patricia Lynch, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 718436m, N 755591m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.536896, -6.213267
Monitoring of trial-pits, topsoil-stripping and drainage trenches was carried out on the second contract of the Airport–Balbriggan Bypass. The following townlands were affected, before the construction of the motorway, bridge, trial-pits, drainage trenches, and access and slip roads: Baldrummon, Ballough, Ballystrane, Bellinstown, Coldwinters, Corduffhall, Hedgestown, Jordanstown, Lissenhall Great, Lissenhall Little, Nevitt, Newtowncorduff, Richardstown, Rowans Little, Staffordstown, Thomondtown, Turvey and Woodpark, all in County Dublin. Twenty-four archaeological features were uncovered, and 22 investigations were undertaken.
Site 1, Bellinstown, see No. 473, Excavations 2002, 01E0744: Iron Age ring-barrow with three phases of burial activity;
Site 2, Lissenhall Little (Excavations 2001, No. 444, 01E1074): Early Neolithic habitation site, excavated by Fiona O’Reilly;
Site 3, Staffordstown, see No. 683, Excavations 2002, 01E0831: fulacht fiadh;
Site 4, Coldwinters (Excavations 2001, No. 344, 99E0548 ext.): prehistoric ritual site, excavated by Hilary Opie;
Sites 5 (1 and 2), Coldwinters (Excavations 2001, No. 345, 01E1062): (1) fulacht fiadh, (2) Late Neolithic pit, excavated by Kieran Campbell;
Site 6, Woodpark, see No. 693, Excavations 2002, 01E1156: small Bronze Age pit with burnt-mound material;
Site 7, Richardstown, 02E0050: small Bronze Age pit containing cremated bone, not excavated;
Site 8, Newtowncorduff (Excavations 2001, No. 457, 01E1124): Iron Age ring-ditch with associated Neolithic arrowheads, excavated by John Channing;
Site 9, Nevitt, see No. 633, Excavations 2002, 01E1155: no archaeological significance;
Site 10, Woodpark, see No. 694, Excavations 2002, 01E1157: no archaeological significance;
Site 11, Woodpark, see No. 696, Excavations 2002, 02E0051: small pit with associated medieval pottery;
Site 12, Ballystrane, see No. 469, Excavations 2002, 02E0052: no archaeological significance;
Site 13, Ballystrane, see No. 468, Excavations 2002, 00E0953 ext.: no archaeological significance;
Site 14, Richardstown, see No. 654, Excavations 2002, 02E0014: the feature was modern in origin;
Site 15, Richardstown, see No. 656, Excavations 2002, 02E0128: kilns excavated by Kieran Campbell;
Site 16, Corduffhall, see No. 502, Excavations 2002, 02E0038: burnt-mound material, not excavated;
Site 17, Ballough, see No. 457, Excavations 2002, 02E0078: ditch containing medieval pottery, excavated by Robert M. Chapple;
Site 18, Corduffhall, see No. 501, Excavations 2002, 01E1158: no archaeological significance;
Site 19, Woodpark, see No. 695, Excavations 2002, 02E0042: no archaeological significance;
Site 20, Thomondtown, see No. 690, Excavations 2002, 01E1159: fulacht fiadh;
Site 21, Thomondtown, see No. 691, Excavations 2002, 01E1160: fulacht fiadh;
Site 22, Colecot, see No. 500, Excavations 2002, 00E0953 ext.: possible fulacht fiadh;
Site 23, Ballough, see No. 458, Excavations 2002, 01E1138, Bronze Age pits and related burnt-mound material, excavated by Robert M. Chapple;
Site 24, Nevitt, see No. 634, Excavations 2002, 02E0053: no archaeological significance.
Editor’s note: Though carried out in 2001, this excavation was not reported on in time for inclusion in the bulletin of that year.
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