2019:515 - FINGLAS: Cappaghfinn (Cappoge), Cappagh Road, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: FINGLAS: Cappaghfinn (Cappoge), Cappagh Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU014-029
Licence number: 19E0142
Author: James Hession, Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 2, Europa Enterprise Park, Midleton, Co. Cork
Site type: Ringfort - unclassified
Period/Dating: Early Medieval (AD 400-AD 1099)
ITM: E 711296m, N 739799m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.396599, -6.326519
A total of 16 test trenches and eight test pits were excavated across the proposed site at Cappaghfinn, Cappagh Road, Finglas, Co. Dublin that encompasses DU014-029, an unclassified ringfort which will be preserved in situ.
Three archaeologically significant features were identified within 20m of the outer edge of the rampart of the ringfort. These features will be also preserved in-situ.
Construction of the proposed development is likely to require ground reduction across the site. Given the proximity of DU014-029 and the potential to uncover features of archaeological significance, monitoring of topsoil removal is recommended to be undertaken in conjunction with the proposed development.