County: Dublin Site name: SHERIFF STREET/CHURCH STREET EAST, DUBLIN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0080
Author: Goorik Dehaene, Glascarn, Ratoath, Co. Meath, and Denise Cronin, for Arch Tech Ltd.
Site type: Post-medieval church remains
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 717496m, N 734816m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.350497, -6.235184
The site is located between Sheriff Street, Church Street East and Abercorn Road in east inner-city Dublin. This site was identified by ESBI during site works. The site was inspected by Antoine Giacometti, who noted the presence of architectural remains.
The south-west corner of a large masonry structure was visible, which continues east and north beyond the limits of the excavation (and the site). The exposed structure measured 16.75m north–south by 6.5m and was up to 1m in height. The walls measured 0.7–0.9m in width. Cement repair work along the south-facing portion of the wall was evident. The wall comprised varying-sized limestone blocks and stones bonded with a grey compact lime mortar with small stones and flecks of charcoal. The foundations were cut into a dark-brown organic peaty soil (a probable reclamation deposit). In section this organic layer was c. 0.3m deep, overlying a greyish, silty natural layer. Isolated fragments of late 18th- and 19th-century pottery were noted throughout the deposit.
Subsequent to recording the structure, the removal of a portion of the foundations was monitored. No further archaeological material was identified.
The archaeological investigations of this site have revealed the foundations of a large stone structure. Assessment of available historical and cartographic sources indicates that this structure was a church dating from the late 18th to 19th century. No other archaeological structures or features were identified.
