County: Dublin Site name: Tyrrellstown to Cherryhound Interchange, Bay/Cherryhound/Cloghran/ Cruiserath/Goddamendy/Hollywoodrath/Killamonan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 07E1147
Author: Robert O’Hara, Archaeological Consultancy Services Limited, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
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 below) and Hollywoodrath 1 (early medieval activity) (see No. 464 below).
