County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN: 13 Wellington Quay
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0194
Author: Helen Kehoe, c/o Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 715455m, N 734197m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.345387, -6.266059
The area proposed for redevelopment measured 5.6m x 8m. Ground reduction for foundation trenches to a depth of 3.8m from present street level was monitored.
Wellington Quay extends along the south bank of the Liffey from Crampton Quay at Asdill's Row to Grattan Bridge. In 1621 a quay was built downstream of Grattan Bridge to facilitate the new custom premises.
There was no evidence for significant archaeological features. Reclamation material revealed some 19th-century pottery sherds and clay pipe fragments.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
