County: Dublin Site name: Terenure College, Fortfield Road, Terenure
Sites and Monuments Record No.: NA Licence number: 22E0484 & 22E0484 Extension
Author: Declan Moore
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 713400m, N 729804m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.306367, -6.298478
A cultural heritage impact assessment including archaeological testing of a proposed residential development was carried out at Fortfield Road, Terenure, Dublin. The site is greenfield and is adjacent to enclosed, landscaped areas, playing pitches with a designed water feature/fishpond associated with the former Terenure House demesne, a historic property with associations with the Barnewall, Deane and Bourne families. The site is near recorded monument DU022-095--, classified as a castle, which is no longer extant. The castle was replaced by a mansion in the late 17th century and rebuilt again in 1787 and is now the site of Terenure College.
Given the proposed scale of groundworks it was recommended by the author that the site be the subject to a programme of archaeological testing. Testing was carried out on 2 August 2024. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted.
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