County: Dublin Site name: Porterstown, Kellystown, Dublin 15
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 24E0045 ext.
Author: Liam Coen c/o Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy
Site type: Monitoring
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 705890m, N 737500m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.377057, -6.408541
Archaeological monitoring of the construction phase groundworks for a residential development was undertaken in two main phases. This followed earlier geophysical survey and test excavations of the site. The portion of the site on the eastern side of Porterstown Lane had been used as a construction site compound in previous decades and no longer contained any meaningful potential for the survival of archaeological remains. A portion of the south-western part of the site, c. 0.9 ha in extent, was subject to full archaeological excavation following identification of archaeology under test excavation 24E0045.
Topsoil stripping was largely undertaken by mechanical excavators fitted with grading buckets under archaeological supervision though some parts were stripped with the use of bulldozers. The first phase of topsoil stripping from 11 March to 6 April 2024 facilitated the construction of the haul road and central compound. The second phase was undertaken in an intermittent manner from 25 April and removed the remaining areas of topsoil within the red line boundary of the site. Throughout both phases of topsoil stripping, the only features identified of archaeological interest were two undated deposits of burnt material, and both were fully recorded and excavated by the monitoring archaeologist.
Lynwood House, Ballinteer, Dublin 16
