County: Dublin Site name: CLONTURK
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0030
Author: Melanie McQuade, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 717129m, N 737535m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.375001, -6.239696
Monitoring of engineering test-pits and groundworks associated with development works at Marino Institute of Education was undertaken in January 2003, and from November 2003 to date (January 2004). Site work has not been completed and a final phase of monitoring will be carried out. The development is located within the inner park of the old Marino estate.
The stratigraphy over much of the site comprised topsoil and garden soil overlying natural subsoil. In the north of the site the ground level had been raised by fill introduced in the modern period. To the east of this, the ground had been levelled into playing fields.
A covered drain dating from the 19th century and a series of modern land drains were the only features uncovered.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
