County: Dublin Site name: Kilgobbin, Dublin 18
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 18E0275
Author: Kim Rice, Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy
Site type: Medieval and post-medieval ditches
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 719234m, N 724813m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.260254, -6.212859
A programme of testing was undertaken in a field lying 18m to the north of Kilgobbin Castle. The site occurs within the zone of archaeological constraint for Kilgobbin tower-house and its associated settlement (DU025–017), while a section of the Pale boundary is recorded 70m to the south (DU026–121002).
Nineteen trenches were opened throughout the site, which uncovered a substantial number of archaeological features that predominantly consisted of ditches and drains of medieval and post-medieval date, while quantities of medieval and post-medieval ceramics were also recovered. Twenty-one features were identified in Field 1 and twelve in Field 2; a number of these were continuations of features that were identified in two previous test assessments (Hagen 2002 and 2003; Moriarty 2005). The archaeological stratigraphy was largely comparable throughout the site, except for four trenches to the south of Kilgobbin Stream that included flood deposits.
References:
Hagen, I. 2003. Preliminary Excavation Report. Phase 2 Development, Kilgobbin, County Dublin (02E1173ext.). Unpublished report for Margaret Gowen and Co. Ltd.
Hagen, I. 2004. Archaeological Excavations. Interim Report. Phase 3 Development, Kilgobbin, County Dublin (03E0306). Unpublished report for Margaret Gowen and Co. Ltd.
Moriarty, C. 2005. Archaeological Assessment, Riverside Cottage, Kilgobbin Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18 (05E0322). Unpublished report for Margaret Gowen and Co. Ltd.
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