County: Dublin Site name: LAUGHANSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E1366
Author: Melanie McQuade, Margaret Gowan & Co. Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 723263m, N 723197m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.244818, -6.153130
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the development of the Science and Technology Park (II) and district lands in Cherrywood and Laughanstown (No. 468, Excavations 2003, 03E0839) uncovered six potential archaeological sites. Separate licences were obtained for each of these (Nos 623, 03E1145; 470, 03E1182; 634, 03E1365; 625, 03E1366; 626 and 627, 03E1471). The following refers to Site No. 4, a concentration of charcoal and a patch of in situ burning, located on an area of high ground overlooking a valley in which two burnt mounds (Site No. 5, No. 626, Excavations 2003, 03E1370) were uncovered.
Excavation of this feature showed that it did not have a distinct cut or fill. No finds were recovered during the excavation. It was concluded that the burning and charcoal found here were probably the remains of a burnt-out tree bole and had no archaeological significance.
2 Kiliney View, Albert Road Lower, Co. Dublin
