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South Dublin County Council N7 Newlands Cross Upgrade Environmental Impact Statement Arup Consulting Engineers and the cross roads has adopted the name. An additional road labelled ‘New Road’ leads from the southeast of the crossroads through ‘lands of Ballymount, and ‘commons’. To the southwest of the crossroads, Newlands Demense is shown as a wooded area with a driveway leading to Newlands House. Two structures are depicted in ‘Buck and Hounds’ townland, long axis parallel to the road and set back slightly from the roadside, at the western extent of the proposed scheme. 1 st edition Ordnance Survey dating, 1843 (Figure 12.5) The first edition Ordnance Survey shows the environs of the proposed route in greater detail than the earlier mapping discussed above. The Naas Road is shown on a different alignment to the current N7 road. The western extent of the road is located in the townland Buckandhounds, passing close to a large house and grounds labelled as Rockfield. A smaller dwelling is situated perpendicular to the roadside in the field adjacent to the east (ID No.5; Cf. Section 12.3.1.2). The route then passes along the northern boundary of Newlands Demense, which is shown as a walled demesne and residence with attendant grounds. A gate lodge and entrance to the demesne is located to the south of the crossroads, with an avenue leading west/southwest to the outbuildings and gardens and southwest to the house. The avenue to the house runs approximately along the line of the archaeological constraint area for recorded road way DU021-016. It is possible that an older entrance to the demesne may have been located in the northern boundary, in line with the road running south from St Brigid’s Well. A pathway leads south from this point to the gardens and to Newlands House and may follow the line of the original road from Clondalkin to Tallaght, continuing past Belgard Castle to the south. The cross roads at the Naas Road and the Clondalkin-Tallaght road junction is still named ‘Shoulder of Mutton’. Structures are located on the north and southwest sides of the crossroads. The east-west running Naas Road traverses townland boundaries, as do sections of the northsouth running Clondalkin-Tallaght Road. Other features of note located within the environs of the study area include brickfields to the north and a quarry to the south which appears to be in the grounds of Mount View House. No features of archaeological potential are depicted upon the mapping. A number of other structures are depicted along the route of the road, none of which now survive. December 2007 Page 187
South Dublin County Council N7 Newlands Cross Upgrade Environmental Impact Statement Arup Consulting Engineers 1874 Ordnance Survey revision (Figure 12.6) The Ordnance Survey revision shows little change. The property to the southwest of the cross roads no longer includes a structure and is shown as a blank area. The quarry which was formerly located to the southeast of the Naas road has been replaced by two lakes or ponds, which were probably the result of the previous quarrying activity on the site. Mount View House which was in close proximity to the former quarry is no longer depicted. A structure labelled Newlands Cottage is shown at the eastern extent of the proposed route (RPS 174; ID No.2, Cf. Section 12.3.2.1). 1912 Ordnance Survey revision (not shown) The crossroads in the centre of the study area are no longer labelled as ‘shoulder of Mutton’. The designation has been replaced by Newlands farm, naming the complex of structures on the northeast side of the cross roads. The lodge to Newlands Demesne has also been relocated further north on the southwest side of the crossroads. A farm building (RPS 172, ID No.3; Cf. Section 12.3.2.1) is depicted to the east of Newlands Cottage. 1937 Ordnance Survey revision (Figure 12.7) The 1937 revision shows that Newlands Demense has become a golf course. The crossroads formerly known as ‘Shoulder of Mutton’ is labelled as ‘Newlands Cross Roads’. A monument is shown to have been constructed to the west of Newlands House which has been renamed Newlands Villa on the 1937 revision. An additional structure is also shown to have been constructed within the environs to the southwest of the proposed route corridor, named Mooreenaruggan House (ID No.1, Cf. Section 12.3.2.1). No features of archaeological potential are depicted. 12.3.2.6 Aerial Photographic Analysis Aerial photography of the proposed route was examined to identify any features of archaeological potential within the environs of the proposed scheme. The area to the north of the study area has been significantly developed in recent years with construction of a number of commercial and residential properties. To the southwest, Newlands golf course is clearly identified with the grounds of the former demesne. The landscaping which took place as a result of the golf course construction has destroyed most above ground remains of the former demesne landscape. To the southeast of the crossroads a number of fields are visible, some of the boundaries of which are visible on the first edition ordnance survey. A field which passes the north of Mooreenaruggan House is identified as a townland boundary between the townlands of Mooreenaruggan and Newlands. The boundary will not impacted upon by the proposed scheme. No features of archaeological potential were identified on the aerial photography. 12.3.2.7 Field Inspection A non-invasive field inspection of the proposed scheme was carried out on the 3 rd October and 6 th November 2007. The purpose of a field survey was to assess the present topography and land use along the road, to identify any potential low-visibility archaeological and/or historical features that might be subject to direct or indirect impacts as a result of the proposed development and also to assess the archaeological potential of the study area. All properties were visually inspected from the roadside where possible. A walkover survey was carried out within Newlands Golf Course and the greenfield areas along the south side of the N7 road. For the purpose of this report the proposed scheme will be divided into five sections: Newlands Crossroads, the northern and southern section of the study area which forms the Belgard Road / Fonthill Road (R113) and the eastern and western extents (the N7). All landowners from which agricultural / recreational / garden land is being acquired were contacted. These included the most recent landowner of the pasture fields, farm house and December 2007 Page 188
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