1998:151 - DUBLIN: 57–58 The Coombe, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: DUBLIN: 57–58 The Coombe
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 98E0170
Author: Audrey Gahan, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30–50 Distillery Street, Belfast BT12 5BJ
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 714726m, N 733526m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.339519, -6.277243
Pre-development testing was carried out in the area of a proposed domestic dwelling between Nos 57 and 58, The Coombe, Dublin. Excavation was by mechanical digger, using a toothless bucket.
Owing to upstanding buildings on either side of the area, it was decided, for safety, to excavate a narrow trench centrally placed between the two buildings. The trench was excavated to a depth of 51.86m OD (1.7m below present ground surface) through modern overburden, to the top of an active sewer pipe. Excavation beyond this point was not possible.