Margaret Gowen and Company

18th-century field kitchen
Monitoring undertaken in Cherrywood and Laughanstown Co. Dublin during 2003 uncovered a total of six sites, five of which were subsequently excavated. One of these was located within the 18th-century military camp in Laughanstown, (RMP: DU026: 127) and is believed to be a field kitchen.

An archaeological archive for Dublin City
Margaret Gowen & Co Ltd conducted a pilot study on the feasibility of an archaeological archive for Dublin City. Commissioned by Dublin City Council, in partnership with the Heritage Council, the study explored the potential of and requirements for such an undertaking within Dublin City. The following article, published in Archaeology Ireland Vol.21 No.1 2007, gives a brief description of the project and announces the beginning of a one-year trial period, in which archaeologists are invited to submit their archives to Dublin City Council.

Environmental Archaeology from the Gas Pipeline to the West
Excavations along the Gas Pipeline to the West in association with Bord Gáis Eireann has provided a unique opportunity for environmental analysis across a wide transect of the country. Charcoal and wood was examined from ninety-five sites along the pipeline, from Dublin to Limerick.

Excavations at Ardee Street, Dublin
Recent excavations on the corner of Cork Street and Ardee Street, in the middle of Dublin’s Liberties, have provided an answer to a question which has for many years occupied the thoughts of commuters stuck in traffic in the Coombe. Why did the main route out of the city at this point not continue straight through to the west to join Cork Street, rather than dog-leg south down Ardee Street and then return west again at Cork Bridge?

Viking Dublin: 9th century evidence begins to unfold
A summary of the ninth-century evidence for Viking settlement based on recent excavations in Dublin, mainly from the site at Temple Bar West and South Great George’s Street , and a smaller site at Ship Street Great.

Archaeology and the Gas Pipeline to the West
As archaeological consultants to the Gas Pipeline in the West project, MGL was responsible for the archaeological assessment of the 318km pipeline during the constraint study, route selection, EIA and construction phases. The pipeline passed through eight counties and a wide range of landscape types - intensively cultivated tillage land, pasture, uplands and wetlands.
Over 300 below ground archaeological features and sites were revealed.

Excavations at Charlesland, Co. Wicklow
The townland of Charlesland is located directly to the south of the coastal village of Greystones, Co. Wicklow. Archaeological excavation and monitoring has been on-going since December 2002 on a residential and mixed-use development.

Oldtown, Sword, Co. Dublin.
In the summer of 2003 a hitherto unknown site containing skeletal material was disturbed during the construction of a temporary roadway within the townland of Oldtown, Swords, Co. Dublin. The subsequent assessment programmes and concurrent geophysical survey revealed an extensive ecclesiastical site.

Dublin City Walls and Defences Conservation Plan
In July 2003 Dublin City Council in partnership with The Heritage Council commissioned the preparation of a Conservation Plan for the Dublin City Walls and Defences as an action of the Dublin City Heritage Plan.

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