2003:521 - DUBLIN: Distillery Road, Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: DUBLIN: Distillery Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 03E1067
Author: Sinead Phelan, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 716588m, N 736206m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.363190, -6.248300
An assessment took place at the Jordan’s Finishing Site, Distillery Road, Dublin 3. The zone of archaeological potential of SMR 18:30, a watermill, is c. 10m north-west of the proposed development area. The Jordan’s Finishing Site is a protected structure; the front facade dates to the 1940s and extends beyond the property to the neighbouring Eircom site.
The proposed development involves the construction of 93 apartments and 102 car spaces and the change of use of the existing warehouse into offices and apartments. The development will involve demolition of the existing offices and high warehouse and partial demolition of the vaulted warehouse structure.
The assessment did not indicate that any archaeological material survived at the site pre-dating the 19th century. A 19th-century mixed silty clay layer directly overlay the undisturbed natural levels.