County: Dublin Site name: WOODSIDE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1285
Author: Susan McCabe, Arch-Tech Ltd.
Site type: Metalworking site, Hut site and Structure
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 718238m, N 725088m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.262949, -6.227672
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping was undertaken as part of a large-scale residential development at Woodside, Stepaside, Co. Dublin. The areas stripped included Areas 1, 2 and 6 of the development and the route of a distributor road.
The landscape in which the monitoring took place comprised upland pasture. In addition to numerous agricultural features, several associated with land improvement for use as a golf-course, were three areas of archaeological significance.
At the highest point of the hill, adjacent to a field boundary, an isolated pit containing charcoal-enriched material and metal waste was identified. On the brow of the hill a possible Bronze Age hut structure was identified as an oval outline of post-holes with internal charcoal deposits. At the base of the hill, adjacent to a stream, an 18th-century stone structure and associated features were revealed. A large relict field boundary was also noted.
Further details of these features are given in the excavation summary for the site (see No. 698 Excavations 2002, 02E1584).
32 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2
