2005:222 - CORK: 4–7 Knapp's Square and 10–11 Devonshire Street, Camden Quay, Cork

Testing followed by a small-scale excavation was carried out on the site, located on the western bank of the River Kiln close to its confluence with the River Lee, in advance of development. A number of timber planks were revealed in two locations within Trench 1 at the south-western end of the site. The timbers were within a layer of dark-brown organic material in which 17th-century pottery sherds were found. The remains of five similarly sized planks were identified, overlaid by three short perpendicular cross-timbers or slats, suggesting the remains of a small structural feature such as a walkway to the nearby riverbank. Two lines of dowel holes were apparent running across the planks, as well as some evidence of ferrous encrustation, suggesting that the cross-timbers secured the planks together. At a distance of 1.2m to the west, four other planks were revealed. No tool or carpentry marks were apparent on these five larger timbers. The four timbers were piled two on top of two and appeared to have been dumped at this location and remained unretrieved. Tuckey’s map of 1690 shows limited development on the Kiln River waterfront close to its confluence with the Lee; the timbers revealed on this site may be associated with such development.

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