County: Dublin Site name: RAHENY: Tonlegee House
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E0683
Author: Emer Dennehy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Structure and Well
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 721411m, N 738244m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.380407, -6.175094
An assessment was undertaken at the site of Tonlegee House in July 2006. The proposed development site was located within the zone of archaeological potential of DU015–078, a dwelling site illustrated on the Down Survey and perceived to be located on the site of Tonlegee House. A large complex of farm buildings at the site of Tonlegee House were illustrated on all three editions of the OS maps, but the structures were demolished prior to the assessment. Five trenches were inspected and structural remains were identified. These were not of medieval fabric and are believed to relate to various structures illustrated on the second- and third-edition OS maps, providing a construction time frame of 1872–1937. The remains of a small well, presumably used to supply water to Tonlegee House, was also identified. It was circular in plan with a diameter of 1m and depth of 4.9m. For reasons of health and safety, no further investigations into the nature of this well could be undertaken.
No features or stratigraphy dating to the medieval period were identified on this site.
27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
