County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN: 144–150 James Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0125
Author: Rosanne Meenan
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 713727m, N 733899m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.343085, -6.292099
This site lies west of the area of the medieval suburb of Dublin which was centred around Thomas Street. The earliest reference to St James's Church was in the episcopate of John Comyn between 1181 and 1212, when it was part of the property of Thomas's Abbey. The growth of the suburbs here was 17th-century in date.
The area to the north-west and north of Bow Lane is bounded by the Cammock, and it is considered by some that the site of the original Viking settlement of Dublin may lie at the junction of the Liffey and the Cammock. Test-trenching by other writers revealed nothing of interest in those areas.
This site shows a steep slope from the James' Street frontage down to the Bow Lane frontage. Four test-trenches revealed nothing of archaeological interest.
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