2024:846 - Churchfield East, Tyrrelstown, Muhuldart, Dublin 15, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: Churchfield East, Tyrrelstown, Muhuldart, Dublin 15
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 24E1173
Author: Ida La Fratta
Author/Organisation Address: c/o IAC Ltd, Unit G1 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 707023m, N 741428m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.412115, -6.390189
| The permitted development area is located south of Damastown Avenue, west of Church Road and east of a previously-permitted residential development at Church Fields, and north of a permitted linear park, in the townland of Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15.
The site incorporates a former playing pitch west of Church Road and areas of previously disturbed ground to the north and southwest. There are no recorded monuments located within the permitted development site, however, the zones of notification for Mulhuddart Church (in ruins) (DU013-010001) (c. 50m southeast) and Graveyard (DU013-010003) (c. 70m southeast), abut the southeastern boundary of the site. There are two additional recorded monuments within c. 500m of the development area; these comprise a holy well (DU013-009) (c 280m south) and house site (Tyrrelstown House, DU013-006) (c. 400m northwest). Archaeological testing was carried out on 14 and 15 November 2024. A total of six trenches were excavated across the site measuring 862 linear metres. The trenches targeted the footprint of the development, in order to fully investigate the archaeological potential of the site. Archaeological testing failed to reveal any areas of archaeological significance, and the footprint of the development was revealed to be disturbed. It comprised a deep deposit of made ground localised at the south-west of the development area (it contained glass bottles, ceramics and red brick fragments). No features of archaeological significance were identified during test trenching. In alignment with recommendations set out in the EIAR and planning conditions attached to the site, it was recommended that all topsoil stripping associated with the permitted development be monitored by a suitably qualified archaeologist. Archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping across the development area was carried out by IAC Archaeology intermittently between December 2024 and March 2025. Archaeological monitoring did not reveal any features of archaeological significance and confirmed the presence of the disturbed ground across the site that had been previously reported on during the archaeological testing programme. Consequently, no further mitigation measures are deemed necessary.
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