County: Dublin Site name: Kellystown, Porterstown townalnds, Dublin 15
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 24E0045
Author: Liam Coen c/o Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy
Site type: Testing, medieval settlement activity
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 705950m, N 737570m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.377674, -6.407616
Test excavations took place on 16-19 January 2024 on a largely greenfield site in advance of development. Conditions were clear and dry. Nine trenches were excavated by mechanical excavator fitted with a grading bucket under constant archaeological supervision. Trenches were located to investigate the results of a geophysical survey of the site (Bird & Young 2023) and also were evenly spaced to assess the general archaeological potential. The underlying subsoil was a mottled grey and brown stoney clay.
The principal result was the discovery of archaeological remains in Kellystown in Trenches 1-3. These trenches had been placed to investigate an area termed Site 1 in the geophysical survey that recorded numerous weak or minor positive anomalies interpreted as a sub-rectangular enclosure within a field system with other associated features. Test slots in several of the linear features identified animal bone and late medieval pottery sherds and while all the features may not be from this period, the identified evidence indicates the presence of a medieval settlement in this location.
Reference:
Bird, C. & Young, T. (2023) ‘Geophysical Survey Report, Archaeological Magnetic Gradiometer Survey, Kellystown, County Dublin, Detection Licence 23R0523’. Unpublished report prepared by TerraDat (UK).
Lynwood House, Ballinteer, Dublin 16
