County: Dublin Site name: REDCOW (Testing Area 17)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0068
Author: Linda Clarke, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 708378m, N 731213m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.320083, -6.373308
An assessment was carried out in advance of the planned M50 upgrade. Testing Area 17 was located in the townland of Redcow. The testing methodology, where possible, generally consisted of mechanically excavating 2.3m-wide test-trenches along the centre of the testing area and offsets across the testing area every 15m. A single field was located within Testing Area 17. Ten test-trenches were excavated within this field. A stony natural subsoil was exposed at certain locations throughout the site, but the majority of the field was used as a landfill site and modern rubbish was visible throughout. The combined area of test-trenches excavated in Testing Area 17 was 1723m2. No features of archaeological significance were identified and no finds were recovered.
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