2024:754 - Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU018-020201
Licence number: 24E0705 ext
Author: Paul Duffy
Author/Organisation Address: c/o IAC Ltd, Unit G1 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 717128m, N 717804m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.197762, -6.246983
| Archaeological monitoring was conducted of site investigation works associated with the South Campshires Public Realm & Flood Defence Project, along Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2 (extending from ITM 717128, 734342 to ITM 717804, 734264).
The entire length of the quay wall both above and below current ground level is a recorded monument, a protected structure and listed in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) (RMP DU018-020201/RPS 542/NIAH 50020465). The scheme is also located within the zone of archaeological potential for the historic town of Dublin (DU018-020). 21 slit-trenches were excavated within the scheme boundary primarily to check for the location of services and other obstructions and to prepare for borehole locations. Natural subsoil was not reached in any of the slit trenches. A 2.7m wide masonry red-brick surface with a slight curve was recorded in a slit trench which may be the red-brick crown of a historic sewer/culvert aligned north–south heading towards the Liffey. The surface was not broken through therefore the height of the sewer/culvert was not identified. Two possible parallel brick walls, oriented west–east, were recorded in a slit trench directly to the northwest of the possible culvert. These walls are likely associated with the culvert and other drainage/sewer features likely present in the vicinity. The granite footing of the back of the historic quay wall was likely encountered by a borehole dug within a slit trench located c.3.2m from the current quay face, at a depth of 4.8m.
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