County: Waterford Site name: WATEERFORD: Grubb's Lane
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WA009-005120 Licence number: 04E0551
Author: Niall Gregory, Gregory Consultant Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Burial ground
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 660922m, N 612153m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.257709, -7.107631
Monitoring was undertaken (9–16 January 2004) associated with the development of an apartment at Grubb's Lane, Waterford. The proposed development (150m2) previously consisted of a modern one-storey structure and concrete yard. Foundation trenches associated with the development achieved depths of 0.8m and widths of 0.6m. In the course of the monitoring, disarticulated human and animal remains were recovered in previously disturbed medieval levels. It was agreed after discussion with the Heritage Services that the excavated soil would be sieved off-site to retrieve all materials pertaining to these levels. In the event, two sherds of 13th–14th-century local ware, some seashells and the skeletal remains of eight adults were recorded. The adults were between 17 and 65 years of age. One 10–13 year-old child and a foetus were also found. The animal bones consisted of one horse, three cattle, three pigs, two deer, one sheep, three dogs, one bird and one fish.
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