County: Dublin Site name: Castleknock
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 19E0522
Author: Aidan O'Connell
Site type: Test excavation - no archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 709770m, N 737480m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.376086, -6.350260
Test excavations were undertaken at the site in advance of a proposed school development. A total of 11 test trenches with a combined length of 851 linear metres were excavated within the site. Topsoil varied between trenches at depths of between 0.25-0.6m. Subsoil was a dark yellow-brown mixture of clay and silt, with frequent angular stones. No archaeological features or objects were recorded in any of the trenches.
Archer Heritage Planning, 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
