County: Dublin Site name: 76 Clontarf Park, Dublin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0344
Author: Eoin Corcoran, ADS Ltd, 110 Amiens Street, Dublin 1.
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 720086m, N 735861m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.359309, -6.195915
The site at 76 Clontarf Road was assessed by means of a desktop study and test-trenching in June 2008. The site is located beside the ‘Clontarf Sheds’, DU019–034. The development of the site is to involve the demolition of the current structure and the construction of a new building containing two residences. Testing was carried out on the 10 June. This consisted of the mechanical excavation of a single trench across the site, orientated from north to south. The trench measured c. 12m long and 2m wide.
The stratigraphy consisted of a 0.4–0.6m thick layer of rubble and grey/brown loam over grey and yellow boulder clay with a varying content of gravel. The trench was excavated to an average depth of 0.7m, though a portion towards the centre of the trench was excavated to a depth of 1.3m to ensure the boulder clay was not redeposited. The gravel content of the clay increased with depth of excavation. The trench filled with water at either end upon excavation, suggesting the presence of springs in the area. No archaeological features or artefacts were revealed during the course of the testing.
