County: Dublin Site name: NEWTOWN LITTLE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1104
Author: Ines Hagen, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 718712m, N 724436m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.256988, -6.220815
Two charcoal spreads were revealed during monitoring of topsoil-stripping (No. 608, Excavations 2002, 02E0906) associated with the construction works for a mixed residential development at Newtown Little, Stepaside, Co. Dublin. The work took place on 2 and 3 July 2002.
The features, c. 5m north-west of the Enniskerry Road, were uncovered below 0.15–0.2m of topsoil. The larger charcoal spread measured 4.4m east–west by 4m and was 0.2m deep. It consisted of loose, black/brown, sandy, dry soil containing a high percentage of charcoal lumps, as well as granite and sandstone boulders, some of which were heat shattered and burnt. A piece of glass and a sherd of modern pottery were retrieved from the surface of this feature. An area of highly compacted granite intermixed with charcoal-rich soil, 0.1m deep, overlay the main spread in the north. It measured 3.4m north-east/south-west by 0.8m. A linear feature, 0.5m wide and 0.12m deep, cut through the charcoal spread and the granite layer and could be traced for a distance of 2.8m. The smaller charcoal spread was 0.8m west of the first. It was oval, measuring 1.6m north-west/south-east by 1.2m, and was 0.2m deep. It consisted of loose, dry, black/brown, sandy clay with a high amount of root activity and occasional stones. This spread contained a small sherd of modern pottery, iron and a piece of glass, the last retrieved from the base of the feature. Given the location of the site, the activity in this area may be related to the construction of the Enniskerry Road or the adjacent field boundary.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
