County: Dublin Site name: PELLETSTOWN: Laburnum Cottage
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU014-074 Licence number: 05E0921
Author: Emer Dennehy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 711532m, N 737723m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.377905, -6.323692
Monitoring of all topsoil clearance associated with the proposed development of two apartment blocks took place at the site of Laburnum Cottage in Pelletstown, Ashtown, Co. Dublin. The land to the immediate north of the development site contains the remains of a castle site and is in turn bounded by a millrace. The field to the immediate west of the development is known as ‘Brick field’ and was also used as a sand quarry. In recent years extensive development of Pelletstown has taken place and this has led to the excavation, by Bill Frazer, of three human burials of Late Iron Age/Early Bronze Age date (Excavations 2003, No. 467, 02E1823).
All ground disturbance activities on site were undertaken by a track machine using a 2m grading bucket. Topsoil survived to an average depth of 0.35m and the underlying stratigraphy was a grey/brown subsoil which was composed of 50% gravel and 50% clay. A number of modern drains and services orientated north-west/south-east were identified, in addition to plough furrows. No features or stratigraphy of an archaeological nature were identified.
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