County: Dublin Site name: Blackcourt Road, Corduff, Blanchardstown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 20E0386
Author: Ian Russell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 707969m, N 739976m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.398879, -6.376462
A programme of archaeological test trenching was carried out at Blackcourt Road, Corduff, Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin using a 14-tonne excavator. A total of 5 test trenches were excavated. Each trench measured 1.8m in width, in total 124m of linear meters were excavated. In general, the sod and topsoil measured on average between 0.26-0.6m in thickness and lay above compact greyish-brown silty clay subsoil which measured between c. 0.2-0.8m. The natural was exposed at a depth of c. 0.44-1.31m.
Modern disturbances (cables, pits etc.) were exposed in Trenches 1, 2 and 3. Within Trench 4 a number of modern wall foundations were identified; these appear to be demolished down to the natural. No buildings are depicted within the area on any of the Ordnance Survey maps. No features were identified within Trench 5.
No archaeological features or deposits were exposed or identified and no finds were recovered in the course of test trenching. The testing was however, limited to the green areas only, the majority of the site was not tested.
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