County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN: 64–65 Meath Street and 1 Crostick Alley
Sites and Monuments Record No.: RMP 18:20 Licence number: 01E0258
Author: Christine Baker, Arch-Tech Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 714675m, N 733670m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.340824, -6.277956
Two trenches were mechanically excavated in the course of testing. Trench A measured 9.9m by 1.2m and ran east–west. Trench B extended for a distance of c. 4m north–south. The trenches revealed a definite stratigraphy. A layer of rubble and dump overlay a thick layer of clay which overlay a compact layer probably representing the original ground level. Natural subsoil occurs 1.12m beneath ground level in Trench A and at 2.1m in Trench B. Approximately 4m east of the western end of Trench A, Feature 1 was uncovered 0.64m beneath the ground surface. The terminal of a wood and red brick drain, it extended southwards possibly into the adjoining property. Pottery and glass were recovered from the base of the feature and can be dated to the 18th century. No features or deposits of archaeological significance were recovered in the course of the testing programme.
32 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2
