County: Dublin Site name: ORCHARD LANE, CLONDALKIN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E1367
Author: Martin E. Byrne, Byrne Mullins & Associates, 7 Cnoc na Gréine Square, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 707959m, N 731591m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.323564, -6.379464
Testing was undertaken at the site of a proposed mixed-use building development located towards the southern end of Orchard Lane, adjacent to its junction with Watery Lane, Clondalkin. The site is located within the zone of archaeological potential of Clondalkin. Settlement at Clondalkin originated during the 7th century when a monastery dedicated to St Mochua (also known as Cronan) was established. It is postulated that the curving line of Orchard Lane may preserve the outline of the eastern half of the monastic enclosure. Following the Anglo-Norman invasion, a borough was established at Clondalkin.
Three trenches were machine-excavated within the confines of the proposed development area. Nothing of archaeological interest was uncovered during the course of the testing.
