County: Dublin Site name: North City Business Park, Finglas
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0140
Author: Franc Myles, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd, 27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 711685m, N 739932m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.397715, -6.320625
This assessment was undertaken prior to the submission of a planning application for a development site in close proximity to a ringfort in Cappogue townland (DU014–029). The mechanical excavation of a single trench 120m by 2m was undertaken on the site on 12 May. The trench was opened on an approximate east–west alignment while a section cut through the northern side of the site at the edge of the ongoing development was also examined. A similar soil profile was recorded over the entire trench and section. A sequence of sod and topsoil sealed a ploughsoil containing occasional 19th- and early 20th-century pottery and glass sherds. This in turn sealed a stony boulder clay. Nothing of archaeological significance was recorded at either location.
