2009:324 - DUBLIN ZOO, Phoenix Park, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: DUBLIN ZOO, Phoenix Park
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 09E0310
Author: Aisling Collins, CRDS
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
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.