ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AT TICKNICK PARK, CO. DUBLIN

Archaeological excavations have shown that Ticknick and Laughanstown in County Dublin have been home to generations of people for at least 5,000 years. Following the Cherrywood Planning Scheme (2014), a portion of these lands to the west of the M50 have recently been developed as a public amenity, known as Ticknick Park. This site is bordered to the south by the Ballycorus Road and Loughlinstown River, and to the east by the former Heronsford Lane. In recent years the land use consisted of pasture bordered by dense scrub to the north. 

Two recorded monuments, an enclosure (DU026-163) and a field system (DU026-071002), were identified through aerial photography in the vicinity, with numerous other archaeological sites known in the surrounding fields. The most significant and nearest of these include Laughanstown wedge tomb (DU026-024), Lehaunstown Castle (DU026-093) and the Ballycorus mining complex (DU026-117). Further north, Tully church, graveyard and crosses (DU026-023001–020), Brennanstown portal tomb (DU026-007) and Carrickmines Castle (DU026-005001–014) characterise the wider historic landscape.

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