2023:819 - Whitestown, Balbriggan, Dublin

The site is located adjacent to and east of Tobertown Road (L1085), which is just off the Balbriggan to Naul
Road (R122). It consists of six fields and a portion of a seventh field. A geophysical survey was previously
carried out by Donald Murphy, Robert Breen and Jeanne Rochford on this site under licence 23R0357. This
survey identified the location of buried archaeological remains. A possible enclosure was detected in Field 2,
with features of potential archaeological significance recorded in Fields 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7. This site was
archaeologically assessed in September 2024. Twenty-two test trenches and 970m of linear trenching were excavated. These trenches targeted the anomalies identified by the geophysical survey. Three areas of archaeological significance (Areas 1-3) were identified.
Area 1 was located in Trench 9 in Field 2. The circular feature identified by the geophysical survey (C3 and C4) was confirmed within this trench. C3 defined the north-eastern extent, and C7 defined the south-western extent. Three internal features were identified (C4-C6). These were identified as a rectangular-shaped feature (C4), which measured 3m in length and had a width of 0.2m, a pit feature which measured 1.3m by 1.75m and a possible pit feature which measured 0.45m by 0.45m.
Area 2 was located in Trench 8, southeast of Area 1 and also in Field 2. Two possible linear features (C8 and C9) were identified, and their average widths were 1.4m and 1.2m, respectively.
Area 3 was located in Trench 19 in Field 6. A single small pit (C10) measuring 0.6m by 0.6m was identified.