County: Dublin Site name: Lehaunstown development, Laughanstown, Dublin 12
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU026-127 Licence number: 23E0771
Author: Antoine Giacometti
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 723608m, N 723906m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.251106, -6.147688
An archaeological testing programme was carried out at a site located in Laughanstown (sometimes known as Lehaunstown) townland, Co. Dublin ). Seven trenches identified a burnt spread sealing at least one trough, and an associated metalled surface, linear features and pits. The archaeological remains extend across the western third of the site, which corresponds to the high-lying part of the site. Bronze Age pottery was identified within the spread near a central large boulder.
Almost no evidence for the late eighteenth-century Loughlinstown military camp (RMP DU026-127) was identified, despite the favourable location of the development site on high land with exceptional views eastwards. This supports McQuade and Clancy’s conclusions that the camp has left little in the way of archaeological features with the exception of a camp kitchen and middens. Two artefacts found in the topsoil may derive from the military camp: a sherd of North Devon sgraffito pottery, which dates to c. 1730-1830, and a possible metal brooch or weapon /armour attachment.
Archaeology Plan, 32 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2
