County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN: 57–58 The Coombe
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 98E0170
Author: Audrey Gahan, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 714726m, N 733526m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.339519, -6.277243
Pre-development testing was carried out in the area of a proposed domestic dwelling between Nos 57 and 58, The Coombe, Dublin. Excavation was by mechanical digger, using a toothless bucket.
Owing to upstanding buildings on either side of the area, it was decided, for safety, to excavate a narrow trench centrally placed between the two buildings. The trench was excavated to a depth of 51.86m OD (1.7m below present ground surface) through modern overburden, to the top of an active sewer pipe. Excavation beyond this point was not possible.
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