County: Dublin Site name: Corballis, Donabate
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 17E0630
Author: Aidan O’Connell
Site type: Bronze Age settlement
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 722825m, N 749091m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.477506, -6.149637
The site is intended for a nature park incorporating Sustainable Drainage Systems intended to serve future housing developments at the north of the proposed Donabate Distributor Road. It covers an area of c.13.6ha and is currently set out as a large sized field under tillage. A single RMP site (DU012-019) is located just beyond the eastern site boundary.
Following geophysical survey, thirty-five test trenches totalling 2,905 linear metres were excavated. Four archaeological sites were recorded in testing and were subsequently excavated under separate licences.
Corballis 10; Dispersed pits at ITM 722897, 749235; 18E0108
Corballis 11; Fulacht fiadhdh at ITM 722744, 749031; 18E0110
Corballis 12; Fulacht fia at ITM 722703, 749149; 18E0111
Corballis 13; Dispersed pits at ITM 722670, 749206; 18E0112
Archer Heritage Planning, 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
