County: Dublin Site name: CHAPELIZOD: 23 Main St
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Martin Reid
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 710027m, N 734526m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.349498, -6.347424
An archaeological assessment was carried out at the rear of 23 Main St, Chapelizod on Saturday 5th December 1992. Two trial trenches were excavated across the site, using a mechanical digger. The main features revealed by these trenches were as follows: 1. two cobbled yard surfaces; 2. a stone built cellar; 3. a domestic refuse-pit; 4. the clay subsoil.
The cobbled surfaces were late 18th or early 19th century in date, and so was the cellar. The refuse pit contained a redclay pantile, several fragments of yellow Sgraffito ware pottery, and a clay pipe. The clay pipe was dated 1720-50 (Joe Norton pers. comm.). No further excavation was deemed necessary.
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