County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN: Jervis St. Hospital
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 94E0166
Author: Linzi Simpson,
Site type: Historic town
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 715326m, N 734526m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.348370, -6.267875
The area was identified as being possibly archaeologically sensitive because of its close proximity to the known site of St Mary's Abbey. The abbey, which is on the north side of the river Liffey, was a Cistercian house founded in 1139. Speed's map of Dublin, dated 1610, depicts a large precinct surrounding the abbey.
On August 21–22, a series of 11 trenches were mechanically excavated, in advance of development. The entire site was covered in an extensive rubble deposit, 2.5m to 3m deep. At the lowest level gravel and silt deposits were exposed, indicating that the river Liffey had originally extended up this far. No finds were recovered from these deposits.
At the northern end of the site a 0.5m deep deposit of organic material was also exposed containing several whole animal bones and shattered shell fragments. The deposit was confined to the northern end of the site and produced several sherds of post-medieval pottery. These included Tin-glazed earthen ware and Blackware suggesting a date from the late 17th century onwards.
45 Wyattville Place, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin
