County: Dublin Site name: Phase 3, Newcastle South
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 23E0497
Author: Chris Coffey
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 700281m, N 728532m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.297584, -6.495646
Archaeological testing was carried out on July 31, 2023 at Newcastle South, County Dublin to study the impact, if any, on the archaeological and historical resource of a proposed residential development. It follows a previous archaeological assessment report carried out in February 2023. Testing was carried out using a mechanical excavator fitted with a flat, grading bucket. The subsoil was a compact yellow clayey sand with occasional cobbles and decayed stone. The topsoil was a mid-brown sandy clay with modern debris intermixed, particularly in the centre-east of the site; this was most visible in Trenches 4 and 6. The average depth of topsoil across site was 0.2m. Later interference was identifiable in the south of the site, in the form of modern pits/narrow trenches containing metal and plastic debris.
Testing uncovered no finds or features of archaeological significance, and confirmed that the site has been heavily impacted upon by previous modern work.
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