2006:558 - Blackhall, Balbriggan, Dublin

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Dublin Site name: Blackhall, Balbriggan

Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 06E0649

Author: Colm Moriarty, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd, 27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

Site type: No archaeological significance.

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 720100m, N 761723m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.591601, -6.185814

Monitoring of topsoil-stripping was carried out in advance of a development at Blackhall, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. The development consisted of a two-storey building for use as a nursing home, the renovation of a farmhouse and the creation of a new entrance, carpark and access roads. The site reflected its previous usage as a farm and no features of archaeological significance were identified during the monitoring programme.