Lusk, Co. Dublin

Since 1999, Arch-Tech Ltd. has been carrying out a large number of archaeological investigations in and around the historic settlement of Lusk. Rapid growth of this Fingal village has meant the need for assessment and monitoring of numerous developments and infrastructural improvements. These ongoing works have revealed a rich archaeological landscape stretching back far beyond the more familiar visible remains of medieval Lusk, with evidence for previously unknown sites from the Neolithic period, the Bronze Age and the Early Historic Period.

Where new archaeological sites have been identified, they have either been fully excavated and recorded, or preserved in situ through careful redesign of the developments. In this way a balance has been struck between the opportunity provided by development to learn about previously unsuspected aspects of Lusk’s past, and the need to retain the physical traces of that past within the landscape.