County: Dublin Site name: M1 SOUTH MOTORWAY SERVICE AREA – EAST: BALDRUMMAN, BALLYSTRANE AND BALLOUGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0003
Author: Ian R. Russell, Archaeological Consultancy Services, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 718579m, N 756104m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.541476, -6.210909
An assessment was carried out on behalf of the National Roads Authority in advance of the construction of a service area adjacent to and serving the M1 motorway, Lusk, Co. Dublin, between 12 January and 23 September 2009. A total of seven fields were tested and a total of 68 test-trenches were excavated with a combined length of 9479m. It was obvious from the depth of the overlying mid-brown clay and sod that the majority of Field 2 had been significantly disturbed during the construction of the nearby motorway. No archaeological features or deposits were identified or exposed and no finds were recovered.
