County: Dublin Site name: Lissenhall–Jordanstown, Trunk Water Mains Project
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU008–062, DU012–002, DU008–023 Licence number: 08E0178
Author: James Kyle, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120b Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Monitoring
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 719151m, N 749199m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.479320, -6.204910
Monitoring was undertaken along the route of the proposed Lissenhall–Jordanstown trunk water mains project from April 2008. This is currently ongoing as works are at present (January 2008) c. 45% complete. The works comprise of 9.2km of new trunk water main from the Lissenhall interchange of the M1 Motorway, along the R132 to the Jordanstown reservoir. This passes through the townlands of Lissenhall Little, Belinstown, Staffordstown Turvey, Coldwinters, Thomondtown, Corduff Common, Corduff, Staffordstown, Dunganstown, Newtowncor-duff, Ballough, Regeens, Oberstown and Jordans-town. Nothing of archaeological significance has been revealed to date.
