County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN: 189–194 King Street North
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 18:20 Licence number: 98E0088
Author: Dermot Nelis, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Site type: Graveyard
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 715122m, N 734748m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.350408, -6.270856
Excavation on this site began in September 1999 and was completed in May 2000. A summary of the history of the site is to be found in Excavations 1999 (71–2). Before a planning application was lodged by Dublin Corporation to construct a community centre on the site, three test-trenching programmes were conducted by Daire O’Rourke (Excavations 1997, 37, 97E0086, and Excavations 1998, 52). Results indicated that the site had been a burial-ground. Fully articulated in situ human skeletal material was uncovered in all of the trenches. Articulated skeletal material was found directly below a layer of rubble and overburden, c. 0.7–2.2m below present ground level. Within the rubble layer was a large amount of disarticulated human remains.
The eight-month rescue excavation revealed 469 articulated human remains and 134 disarticulated human remains. All artefacts and stratigraphy relate to the 18th to 20th centuries. Post-excavation analysis is ongoing.
The project was initiated and funded by Dublin Corporation.
8 Dungar Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
