County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN: 10–13 Temple Bar
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0057
Author: Rónán Swan, Arch-Tech Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 715605m, N 734168m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.345094, -6.263804
Pre-development testing was undertaken in March 1997. The site is part of the Quays Pub, situated on Temple Bar Square.
Two trenches were machine-cut north-south (12m in length) and east-west (2m in length), revealing a stratigraphy which reflects repeated collapse, destruction and deposition of debris.
The top eight layers reflected continuous dumping and attempts at consolidation. These layers overlay a highly saturated organic layer which had inclusions of brick and leather offcuts and which overlay a layer of cobbling. This cobbling was excavated in a small section, revealing underlying natural deposits. Associated artefacts, including a sherd of Bellarmine ware, and fragments of clay pipe suggest that this cobbling is late 16th/early 17th-century in date.
It was recommended that, prior to any further development, the basal cobbled layer should be excavated by hand to determine its significance and extent.
32 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2
