County: Dublin Site name: Ballymakaily, Grange Castle Business Park
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 16E0471 ext.
Author: Denis Shine, CRDS Ltd.
Site type: Urban monitoring
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 702968m, N 732087m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.329006, -6.454200
Testing and monitoring was conducted in advance of a proposed development of a new Data Centre, and associated works, in Ballymakaily Townland, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. The site is in close proximity (800m) to Grange Castle (DU017-034---) as well as a range of other upstanding remains and sub-surface archaeological sites. This archaeological work followed a previous phase of testing undertaken by Finola O'Carroll in 2016 in the southern portion of the site. The licence was extended and transferred in January 2017.
Testing and monitoring were required as a condition of planning (Planning Ref. No. SD16A/0345; South Dublin County Council - Condition 12). Testing of the site was completed by mechanical excavator in February 2017. Seven trenches were positioned to investigate anomalies identified during a previous geophysical survey. Monitoring was also undertaken, under the same licence, in April 2017 in advance of a soil strip associated with the construction works (specifically an attenuation pond). No features of archaeological significance were recorded in either phase of works. However, considering the discovery of archaeological remains in the wider region (including Neolithic Houses, Bronze Age Settlement, Ring-Barrows and an Early Medieval Complex) monitoring was recommended for any and all future works.
Number 2, Saint Brendan Street, Birr
