County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN ZOO, PHOENIX PARK, DUBLIN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0310
Author: Aisling Collins, CRDS, Unit 4A, Dundrum Business Park, Dublin 14.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 713009m, N 735070m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.353756, -6.302457
Monitoring was required as a condition to a grant of planning. The site is located in the townland of St James, which is located in the centre of the Phoenix Park in an area known locally as the ^Nine Acres’. The site is directly east of the two main lakes that form the centre-point of the old Dublin Zoological Gardens.
The development is located in the current services yard of Dublin Zoo; the proposed ESB substation and new access point are in the southeastern corner of this yard. The ducting will run across the services area. Currently the site consists of a series of modern buildings and a large carpark, as well as a number of concrete pads/building foundations, temporary structures, light sheds and landscaped and flower-bed areas.
There were a total of eight slit-trenches excavated,
all within the services area. No archaeological features were identified and no new areas of archaeological potential were found.
