County: Dublin Site name: Letts Field, Neillstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU017‐032001- and DU017‐032002- Licence number: 16E0409 Extension
Author: Dermot Nelis
Site type: Human remains
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 706450m, N 732950m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.336070, -6.401659
An unclassified castle site (DU017‐032001-) and a 16th/17th-century house (DU017‐032002-) are recorded in the eastern end of the development area.
The first phase of fieldwork involved test trenching at the western end and middle part of the site, and this was carried out by Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd in November 2016.
Test trenching was carried out in May and June 2017 in the eastern part of the site, and this revealed the presence of a badly disturbed east-west oriented human burial. An area measuring 15m x 15m was subsequently topsoil stripped, and the burial was excavated by Freya Smith (osteologist).
The osteological report noted that the preservation of the remains was poor, which affected the degree of analysis that could be conducted. Nevertheless, there were diagnostic elements present to indicate that the individual was probably female, a young middle adult, most likely 25-29 years at the time of death and approximately 1.6m in height.
No other human bone or any associated artefacts were noted during excavation of the 15m x 15m area. A metal detector (Licence 17R0109) was on site at all times during the topsoil stripping exercise, but no archaeological artefacts were identified from the topsoil.
No additional features or artefacts have been identified.
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