County: Dublin Site name: BALLYOGAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E0213
Author: Aaron Johnston, for Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 720535m, N 724517m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.257304, -6.193468
Test excavations were carried out as part of a programme of targeted pre-development assessments in advance of the proposed LUAS B1 Sandyford to Cherrywood extension. Funding was provided by the developer, the Railway Procurement Agency. The excavation was carried out c. 150m north-east of a possible enclosure (DU026–001), on the site of a proposed temporary works compound, on a single day in June 2006. Eight test-trenches, each 2m wide and ranging in length from 16m to 90m, were excavated by a mechanical excavator to the surface of natural subsoil. The topsoil was particularly shallow, varying between 0.05 and 0.2m. The excavation showed evidence for extensive recent ground disturbance across the full extent of the proposed compound site, presumably related to the adjacent housing and road developments. No archaeological features were identified and no archaeologically significant finds were recovered.
Unit 4, Dundrum Business Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14
