2006:663 - KILLEEK, Dublin

Monitoring of groundworks associated with the extension of industrial premises at Killeek, Co. Dublin, was carried out in July 2006. The site is located a short distance south of Killeek Church and graveyard, DU011–031.

Two elements within the current phase of works involved groundworks and were subject to monitoring. The first was an attenuation pond, situated c. 200–250m south-west of the church. The second was a trench excavated to contain a drainage pipe, extending across the tertiary road forming the northern boundary of the industrial premises, c. 80m south-west of Killeek Church. The works were carried out with a tracked bulldozer and a 25-ton mechanical digger equipped with a graded bucket. On 5 July 2006 a trench was excavated by machine to accommodate the attenuation pond. The trench was rectangular, measuring 51.5m in length and 20m in width, reaching a maximum depth of c. 3m at the centre. Subsoil, exposed at a depth of c. 0.4m, consisted of dry coarse silt and sand, deep red to brown in colour. On 19 July 2006 a linear trench was excavated across the tertiary road bounding the development to the north, created to accommodate a storm drain extending from the industrial premises to a manhole on the northern side of the road. The trench measured c. 0.9m in width, 1.6m in maximum depth and c. 10m in length, extending north–south from between the two ditches flanking the road. Subsoil was exposed at a depth of 0.2–0.5m beneath the existing road surface, consisting of dull yellow/grey clay with a gravel component.

No deposits or features of archaeological significance were identified and no archaeological finds were recovered during archaeological monitoring. The licence was subsequently extended and transferred to Matthew Seaver to carry out further monitoring in 2007.

Unit 4, Dundrum Business Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14