County: Dublin Site name: CHERRYWOOD: Science and Technology Park (II)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0910
Author: Christine Baker, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Enclosure
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 724204m, N 723181m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.244461, -6.139043
The site is located within a rich archaeological landscape, possibly dating back as far as the Mesolithic period. The programme was determined by a geophysical survey undertaken by GSB in 2001. In order to establish the veracity of these results, eight test-trenches were opened mechanically over three areas of positive anomalies to the top of possible archaeological features.
Area A contained four possible ditches (cut into natural subsoil), a small charcoal spread and an area of burning (1.2m by 1.1m), possibly indicating habitation. A possible enclosure identified by the geophysics programme in Area B was not apparent on the ground.
Area C, which was located c. 120m north-east of cairn SMR 26:25, was characterised by drainage activity, except for a single linear feature which extended downslope for c. 13m and measured 0.8m in width. The excavation of a sondage revealed it to be U-shaped in profile with a maximum depth of 0.24m. It contained a charcoal-rich fill and a fragment of burnt bone. No datable artefacts were recovered during the testing programme.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
