Industrial site in Cherryhound — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Cherryhound in County Dublin held an industrial site on a hillock where postholes and a steep trench enclosed a workspace. Two barbell-shaped features at the north end may have formed underground passages, suggesting people moved tools, materials or ideas through hidden routes rather than open streets. A kiln later cut into the west part shows the place remained active, adapting its shape as needs changed. The road scheme exposed what ambition had buried, not what ignorance had forgotten.

Excavations in advance of the N2 Finglas-Ashbourne Road Scheme revealed an industrial site. Located on top of a hillock. This comprised an enclosed area defined by a sequence of postholes in the S and E and a steep-sided slot trench to the W. In the N there were two enigmatic barbell-shaped features consisting of two circular postholes connected by a thin channel that produced probable Man-made underground passage ware. Subsequently, a kiln was inserted into the W part of the site (NRA). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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