County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN: Tara Street Railway Station, Tara Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E1789
Author: Tim Coughlan, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 716220m, N 734391m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.346962, -6.254492
Monitoring was undertaken at Tara Street Dart Station on behalf of Iarnród Éireann between 24 November and 3 December 2003.
One test-pit and three boreholes were mechanically excavated across the site. It was only possible to excavate one test-pit, due to the presence of live services extending across large parts of the site.
As a result of post-medieval/modern cobbled surfaces and the presence of a sherd of medieval pottery being recorded, it was recommended that all below-ground excavation works associated with the proposed development be monitored. A dark-grey/black silty clay layer was revealed towards the base of the test-pit. Should this be revealed as archaeological at the monitoring stage, then excavation is recommended.
8 Dungar Terrace, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
