2018:536 - CORKAGH DEMESNE, Deansrath, Kilcarbery and Nangor townlands, Clondalkin, Dublin
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
Author/Organisation Address: 36 Fingal Street, Dublin 8
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
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.