County: Dublin Site name: 5-6 Castle St., Dublin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Declan Murtagh, 37 Ross Place, Fort William, Invernesshire, PH33 6JZ, Scotland.
Site type: Bore holes
ITM: E 715226m, N 733926m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.343003, -6.269594
Both samples from two trial bore holes record the presence of 2.5m-3m of in situ archaeological deposits on the sire. Black wet organic deposits were recovered at 2.4m below present ground level from which two thick-walled body sherds of Leinster cooking ware were retrieved.
No definite evidence of house occupation was uncovered, however, the localised destruction by a possible pit encountered in Bore Hole 1 may have removed remains of medieval plots which would have fronted onto Castle Street.
