County: Dublin Site name: Clondalkin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU017–041 Licence number: 10E0415
Author: Teresa Bolger, Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd, Block 2, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2.
Site type: Monitoring
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 706752m, N 731550m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.323440, -6.397584
Monitoring was undertaken of the excavation of two utility slit-trenches along the proposed route of Metro West between 4 and 15 October 2010 on behalf of the Rail Procurement Agency (RPA).
Approximately 60 utility slit-trenches were proposed along the route of the proposed Metro West scheme, at various locations, from Belgard Road, Tallaght to Fonthill Road, Clondalkin (Area MW201). The purpose of the trenches was to investigate the size, type, level, gradient and position of all existing utilities and associated fixtures, including any underground culverts, basements, chambers, etc., along the route of the proposed scheme. Nine of the proposed trenches were located in proximity to sites recorded in the RMP and/or areas of archaeological potential. On that basis it was determined that a programme of monitoring should be undertaken in conjunction with the excavation of these nine trenches (see also Nos 10E0389 [No. 246 below], 10E0416 [No. 245 below] and 10E0417 [No. 239 above]). However, only seven of the planned nine trenches were actually excavated; the remaining two trenches were omitted from the scheme.
Slit-trenches 142 and 143 were located within the townland of Clondalkin, at the north-west edge of the constraint associated with the ecclesiastical site of Clondalkin (DU017–041). Excavation of Slit-trench 142 and Slit-trench 143 did not proceed; both trenches were omitted from the slit-trenching programme.
