County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN: Heuston Station
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 18:20 Licence number: 02E0219
Author: Fintan Walsh, IAC Ltd.
Site type: Earthwork
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 713009m, N 734312m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.346948, -6.302727
Testing was undertaken at the site of a proposed underground fuel-tank farm and plant room at Heuston Station, Dublin 8. The site of the proposed fuel-tank farm is on top of a known 19th-century embankment. Testing was undertaken in response to an environmental report that identified the area of the proposed development as the approximate location of Viking burials.
It was clear from the results of the testing that the embankment survived to a depth of c. 3.5–4m. This consisted of dump layers of gravels and clays, with large quantities of occupational and industrial material of 19th-century date and later. However, it was difficult to gain access to the lower levels of the trenches for archaeological remains because of their depth.
8 Dungar Terrace, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
