2008:453 - FINGLAS: North City Business Park, Dublin

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.