2015:347 - RANELAGH: 109 Moyne Road, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: RANELAGH: 109 Moyne Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU022-081
Licence number: 15E0381
Author: Aisling Collins, ACAS
Author/Organisation Address: Annesley Mews, Brighton Ave., Monkstown, Co. Dublin
Site type: Battlefield
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 716311m, N 731119m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.317548, -6.254334
Monitoring was carried out with regard to the proposed modification and extension to 109 Moyne Road, Ranelagh, D6, a protected structure (DCC RPS no: 5787). The proposed works involve constructing an extension to the rear, complete with demolition of existing rear garage and construction of new shed & a car port entered by existing access off common lane. The site would have been countryside in the 17th century, located on the ourskirts of Dublin. It was the site of a bloody battle where up to 1000 people were killed (the numbers vary greatly). Nothing of archaeological signifcance was identified.
