Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd is now a member of the Disability Confident scheme.
The Disability Confident scheme supports employers to make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to your workplace.

The development of a new and vibrant campus for Technological University Dublin (formerly D.I.T.) at the site of a former mental hospital in the heart of the city represented a unique project for a variety of reasons.
At just under thirty hectares, the site was one of the largest undeveloped areas within central Dublin and as such was designated a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ). Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd were delighted to be appointed by the Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) as their archaeological consultants, tasked with managing the cultural heritage assets at the site.

A key goal of archaeology as an industry is making our findings accessible and relevant to the general public, and presenting the results of archaeological projects in ways that bring their story to life and highlight both the similarities and differences between the past and the present.

Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd are the first and only company outside of the UK to have their staff training programme awarded the Approved Training & CPD accreditation by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA).

By Bruce Sutton
As part of works along the N26 Cloongullaun Bridge Realignment Scheme, Co. Mayo, Rubicon Heritage completed the excavation of a large intact burnt mound with two underlying wood lined troughs and associated features. The works were directed by Bruce Sutton, who led a small experienced team of four archaeologists. All works are managed by Mayo County Council National Roads Office and funded by Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Archaeological works were administered by the Project Archaeologist Richard Gillespie, who also completed the initial test-trenching which identified the site in 2019. Ongoing post-excavation works, based on dating, specialist analyses and research will help further interpret the site. 

This talk focuses on post-excavation analysis and reporting; what it is, why it needs to be done and why it is a critical part of the archaeological works process.

This talk focuses on construction contracts; how requirements for archaeological services are included within construction contracts and the kind of contract structure used in the commissioning of standalone archaeological works.

This is the fourth talk in our new webinar series. This talk focuses on risk management; how to manage archaeology as a risk item within the lifetime of a construction project. 

This talk focuses on archaeological methods and practices; what archaeologists do and how they do it.

This is the second talk in our new webinar series. If you are interested the previous talk is available here. This talk focuses on how archaeology fits into the planning process.

Project Background
Archaeological monitoring of construction groundworks was carried out in conjunction with construction of Luas Cross City, a light rail project that extended the Luas Green Line northwest through the centre of the city. These works were undertaken by Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd. for SISK Steconfer Joint Venture Ltd (SSJV) on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). Archaeological test trenching identified two NE–SW orientated parallel ‘charnel’ trenches—containing disarticulated human remains and archaeological excavations were carried out over winter from October 2015 to February 2016.