County: Dublin Site name: Porterstown, Kellystown, Dublin 15
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 24E0430
Author: Liam Coen c/o Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy
Site type: Testing, no archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 705750m, N 737410m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.376277, -6.410674
Archaeological test excavations took place on 15-17 April 2024 at lands in Kellystown and Porterstown townlands, to inform future planning applications. The site comprised of two land plots, a largely greenfield area to the south-west and a brownfield area to the north-east. Geophysical survey under licence no. 23R0523 (Bird & Young 2024) had been conducted on most of the lands and test trenches were located to investigate the survey results and also evenly spread to assess the general archaeological potential of the site.
Eight trenches were excavated in the available area by a mechanical excavator fitted with a grading bucket under constant archaeological supervision. Testing revealed no evidence for one of the geophysical sites of archaeological interest (Site 3) and that the ditch features of the other site of archaeological interest (Site 2) were of modern origin. Testing also revealed that the grounds surrounding the playing pitches in the north-eastern plot had been previously disturbed, principally in the form of construction compounds related to surrounding developments.
No features, finds or deposits of archaeological significance were identified during the course of testing.
Reference:
Bird, C. & Young, T. 2024 ‘Geophysical Survey Report, Kellystown, County Dublin. Licence no. 23R0523’. Unpublished report prepared by TerraDAT UK on behalf of Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy
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