2019:076 - CLONDALKIN: Nangor Road, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: CLONDALKIN: Nangor Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU017-037
Licence number: 19E0170
Author: Muireann Ní Cheallacháin, c/o IAC Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit G1 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 704513m, N 731182m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.320573, -6.431313
Testing was undertaken on 1 April 2019, on behalf of Gas Networks Ireland, to study the impact, if any, on the archaeological and historical resource of a proposed extension to the Gas Networks Ireland compound, which is located in the townland of Nangor, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
The trenches targeted the zone of notification for DU017-037 (castle-unclassified), to fully investigate the archaeological potential of the site.
Testing revealed up to 1.55m of overburden overlying post-medieval features consisting of three cobbled surfaces located on either side of two north-east/south-west running walls and a stone-lined drain. These features may represent the northern yard area associated with an 18th-century house that was built on the site of the original Nangor Castle as depicted on the 25-inch map (1906–09).
Monitoring of ground disturbances associated with works is ongoing.