County: Dublin Site name: DUBLIN: Spencer Dock, Sheriff Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0654
Author: Melanie McQuade, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Industrial site
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 717283m, N 734535m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.348020, -6.238485
The excavation of environmental test-pits on the site of the Spencer Dock residential development was monitored between 19 June and 2 July 2003 and in October 2003. Monitoring of groundworks on this site commenced on 5 January 2004 and is ongoing. The results of this monitoring will be detailed in Excavations 2004. What follows is a summary of findings to date.
The ground uncovered in the environmental test-pits comprised post-medieval rubble and fill, overlying silts and river gravels. A series of subsurface structural remains of red-brick and limestone construction were uncovered. These are the remains of industrial structures, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. A number of artefacts dating from the post-medieval period were recovered from the test-pits. During initial site clearance and shoring, cellars were uncovered in the south of the site, where they extend under the North Wall road. These are from the demolished structures Nos 46 and 47 North Wall, and may date from as early as the mid-18th century. It is anticipated that a record will be made of the structural remains exposed during bulk excavation works, which have yet to commence.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
