County: Dublin Site name: Coolock
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 07E1070
Author: Sian Keith, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd, 27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 719785m, N 739074m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.388232, -6.199216
Testing and monitoring took place in relation to the development of retail units adjacent to a ‘possible chapel site’ (DU015–084). The site, at the corner of Malahide Road and Coolock village, had previously been a Shell petrol station; decommissioning works included the removal of up to 4m of contaminated soils across 70% of the site. Testing was undertaken mechanically across the site. The remaining undisturbed ground contained no archaeological features. Monitoring of piling works was undertaken, but no archaeological material was found.
