County: Dublin Site name: Church Road, Lusk
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 19E0161
Author: James Hession
Site type: Urban medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 721421m, N 754519m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.526586, -6.168676
A programme of archaeological test trenching was udertaken at a proposed housing development at Church Road, Lusk, North County Dublin. The works involved the mechanical excavation of three test trenches totalling 80 linear metres.
12 archaeological features were identified within the footprint of the proposed development area, which is located in proximity to DU008-097001, a burial site, DU008-097002 a souterrain and the early medieval monastic site DU008-010006 in the historic town of Lusk. The most significant of the features identified is the potential middle enclosure ditch associated with the ecclesiastical site. It is likely that further archaeological features, deposits or artefacts remain in situ. The development site as a whole is an area of high archaeological potential. There is a potential that construction groundworks could uncover previously unknown archaeological features, deposits or artefacts.
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