County: Dublin Site name: ROGANSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1209
Author: Goorik Dehaene, for Arch-Tech Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 714559m, N 749507m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.483114, -6.273944
Testing was undertaken on behalf of McInerney Construction Ltd in Roganstown and Skidoo in north County Dublin (Fingal). The proposed development includes the extension of Roganstown House and gatelodge and the construction of a leisure centre and dwelling units. This testing programme will address these elements of the development.
Roganstown, 31463 24990
One trench was excavated to the south of the proposed location for the hotel. A single feature of moderate archaeological potential was identified: a shallow pit associated with a sherd of medieval pottery.
Roganstown, 31479 24978
Four trenches were excavated in this area. No features or material of archaeological potential were identified.
Skidoo, 31509 25054
One trench, 265m long, was excavated here, and nine features were exposed: a single pit containing fire-cracked stone and charred material, a linear ditch and gully features. No artefacts were recovered from any of the features identified.
70 The Square, Riverbank, Drogheda, Co. Louth
