County: Dublin Site name: Maynetown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 17E0597
Author: Gill McLoughlin, Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 723497m, N 742285m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.416217, -6.142189
Testing was carried out on behalf of St Marnock’s DAC II and Clear Real Estate Investments plc in relation to a planning application for a residential development that is in preparation. Testing of cropmark features visible on aerial photography was carried out in response to comments issued by the National Monuments Service to An Bord Pleanála on a pre-application report which was submitted in October 2017 (Ref. TC 06F. TC0027).
The proposed development site is located south of Station Road, to the west of the Coast Road (R106) and the Baldoyle Estuary, north of the Mayne Road (R123) and to the east of the Dublin-Belfast Railway Line.
Testing follows geophysical survey (2002), testing (2000, 2004, 2016), excavations (2008, 2016, 2017) and monitoring (2016-2017) within the Phase 1B proposed development area.
Testing took place over four days from 30 November 2017 and 10 trenches were excavated. The features investigated corresponded well with cropmarks visible on aerial photography and represent linear ditches and drainage features, many of which contained modern material. No features, finds or deposits of archaeological significance were identified.
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