2010:275 - FINGLAS, Dublin

Monitoring was carried out at a site on the junction of Wellmount Road and Farnham Drive, Finglas, Dublin 11. The development will involve the construction of a two-storey building to replace a single-storey prefabricated building, and will include counselling rooms, training/meeting rooms, a canteen, nine car-parking spaces and associated landscaping works. The overall landholding of the site measures approximately 95m east–west (maximum) x 34m (maximum), with the development works being located in an area measuring approximately 50m east–west (maximum) x 34m (maximum). The site is located within the archaeological constraint established around Finglas (DU014–066).

Fieldwork lasted five days and was carried out in two phases. The first phase involved monitoring topsoil-stripping of an area measuring 30m east–west x 20m, located immediately west of the existing building. Two modern pits and a modern wall, sealed by topsoil and cutting a modern subsoil layer, were recorded in this area.

The second phase involved monitoring topsoil-stripping of an area measuring 30m east–west x 15m to the east of the existing single-storey structure. Monitoring was also carried out of a 20m-long x 2m-wide x 1.5m-deep foul sewer along the northern end of the eastern part of the site. Monitoring in this area revealed topsoil directly sealing natural geology. No archaeological features or artifacts were revealed as a result of monitoring.