County: Dublin Site name: Porterstown Road, Clonsilla, Dublin 15
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 21E0320
Author: Maeve McCormick
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 706140m, N 737853m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.380178, -6.404667
Test excavations took place on 10 June 2021 in dry, sunny conditions. Seven trenches 340 linear metres in total, were excavated. Topsoil was 0.43-0.56m in depth. Below that lay a light brown/yellow ploughzone or transitional horizon 0.1-0.2m in depth overlying the subsoil. Subsoil comprised a brown and grey silty-clay with occasional limestone.
No features, deposits or material of archaeological significance were identified during the test excavations.
Archer Heritage Planning, 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
