2000:1005 - WATERFORD: Lady Lane, Waterford

The site at 16–17 Lady Lane, Waterford, was being refurbished. Part of the site had been excavated by Cathy Sheehan before the commencement of work (Excavations 1993, 78). As part of the refurbishment, the developers wished to add a porch onto the west side of the present building in front of an existing doorway. They also wished to dig foundations at the rear (south) of the building for a small extension. The work took place on 15 and 16 May 2000.

A trench c. 6m x 6m was excavated in from the doorway to provide a foundation for the porch. The material under the concrete/tarmac surface was a loose, redbrick rubble, which, because of its unstable nature, was removed to a depth of c. 1.2m. This rubble seems to have been from the upper storeys of a previous building that had been demolished into the ground floor/basement. There were no finds from the layer.

The foundations for the extension to the rear of the building were dug partially by a mini-digger and partially by hand, after a dump of modern rubble had been removed from the area. The area was c. 5m north–south x 4m east–west. The foundation trenches were c. 1m wide and 0.5m deep and dug through a mid-brown clay containing frequent inclusions of red brick and mortar.