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NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Dublin

Site name: DUBLIN: 42–51 Benburb Street

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: 99E0413

Author: Avril Purcell, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.

Author/Organisation Address: 2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin

Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous

Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)

ITM: E 714204m, N 734459m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.348012, -6.284739

Six test-trenches were opened on the site, all of which were extremely deep. Substantial deposits of gravel and cobbles were revealed, above which was 18th- and 19th-century material. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed on this site; however, further work is to be undertaken.


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