County: Dublin Site name: Grifols Phase 2 site #B201, Grange Castle Business Park, Grange
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 13E0459
Author: Fintan Walsh
Site type: Testing, monitoring and excavation (Isolated pits)
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 703500m, N 731930m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.327492, -6.446268
Testing (Phase 2) was undertaken within the footprint of a proposed biopharmaceutical plant at Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Grange, Dublin 22 in 2016. This testing followed from a previous phase (Phase 1) of testing undertaken in the southern half of the development site (2013:196), under an extension to licence 13E0459. A total of 13 test trenches were excavated within the Phase 2 development area.
One archaeological feature (AA 1: a pit filled with charcoal-rich soils) was identified. Subsequent monitoring of the Phase 2 development area in late 2016 identified an additional six archaeological areas (AA 2–7) all of which are individual pits/spreads similar to AA1. These areas were excavated under an extension to 13E0459 in December 2016.
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