2008:369 - TYRRELLSTOWN TO CHERRYHOUND INTERCHANGE, BAY/CHERRYHOUND/CLOGHRAN/CRUISERATH/GODDAMENDY/HOODRATH/KILLAMONAN, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: TYRRELLSTOWN TO CHERRYHOUND INTERCHANGE, BAY/CHERRYHOUND/CLOGHRAN/CRUISERATH/GODDAMENDY/HOODRATH/KILLAMONAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 07E1147
Author: Robert O’Hara, Archaeological Consultancy Services Limited
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Site type: Kiln, Ring-ditch, Cremation pit and Field system
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 707716m, N 742619m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.422678, -6.379351
The proposed Tyrrelstown to N2 (Cherryhound Interchange) link road will connect Mulhuddart Village with the N2 Finglas–Ashbourne motorway at Cherryhound Interchange. It will consist of c. 4.5km of new dual carriageway with associated works. The scheme will also require the widening and realigning of sections of the existing road network. The assessment of the proposed development involved the mechanical excavation of 198 test-trenches with a combined total length of 9879.36m, resulting in a total excavated area of 21240.62m2.
Fourteen fields were tested, and four archaeological sites were identified: Bay 1 (cremation pits), Bay 2 (kiln, ring-ditch, cremation pit), Bay 3 (kiln and possible field system associated with DU014–089) (see Nos 370–2, Excavations 2008) and Hollywoodrath 1 (early medieval activity) (see No. 464, Excavations 2008).