County: Dublin Site name: Corkagh Demesne, Deansrath, Kilcarbery and Nangor townlands, Clondalkin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 17E0367 Extension
Author: Dermot Nelis
Site type: Isolated features
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 705100m, N 730800m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.317025, -6.422633
South Dublin County Council proposes to build approximately 1,000 dwellings over a 5–7 year period on a site measuring 87.37 acres.
Test trenching carried out in 2017 revealed a number of previously unrecorded discrete archaeological features within the development area. These features were excavated in 2018.
A pit/hearth and a possible screen were identified towards the southern end of the development area. These features contained no diagnostic artefacts or suitable dating material.
A hearth and post-hole were identified towards the eastern end of the development area. These features contained no diagnostic artefacts or suitable dating material. A shallow post-medieval pit was also identified in this area.
A group of three pits with heat-fractured stone were revealed towards the middle of the development area. A radiocarbon determination from a charcoal sample from one of the pits returned a Middle/Late Bronze Age date. A separate location contained an articulated sheep burial of unknown date.
All known archaeological features within the development were fully excavated. No additional archaeological features or artefacts were revealed.
36 Fingal Street, Dublin 8
