2022:267 - BALLYBANE: Profile Park, New Nangor Road, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: BALLYBANE: Profile Park, New Nangor Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 22E0760
Author: Deirdre Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth. A92 DH99
Site type: Enclosure
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 703833m, N 730822m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.317473, -6.441633
Archaeological test trenching was carried out at Profile Park, New Nangor Road, Ballybane, Co. Dublin on 6–7 October 2022. This was undertaken following an Archaeological Impact Assessment in August 2022 and a geophysical survey carried out by Donald Murphy under licence number 22R0316 in September 2022.
A total of 11 test trenches were excavated within the site. In general, the sod and topsoil measured 0.34–0.5m in thickness and lay above a mid-grey natural clay and stone. Only one potential archaeological feature was identified within Trenches 5, 6 and 11. It consisted of a linear feature or ditch (C3), aligned north-west/south-east and measuring c.25m in length, 1.7m in width and 0.32m in depth. It was filled with a mid-brown silty clay containing occasional inclusions of decayed stone and a few small fragments of animal bone (C4).